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ERIC Number: EJ312477
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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The Benefits of Informed Instruction for Children's Reading Awareness and Comprehension Skills.
Paris, Scott G.; Jacobs, Janis E.
Child Development, v55 n6 p2083-93 Dec 1984
Examines reading awareness and comprehension skills to discover the developmental and instructional relationships between metacognition and performance. Half of the third- and fifth-grade subjects received four months of classroom instruction on reading strategies. Results of pre- and posttests and interviews revealed that the instruction increased reading awareness and comprehension. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 5, Interviews, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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