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ERIC Number: EJ343879
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Teaching Children to Identify the Main Idea of Expository Texts.
Williams, Joanna P.
Exceptional Children, v53 n2 p163-68 Oct 1986
When 11-year-old learning disabled students who were two years behind in reading participated in an instructional program emphasizing comprehension of main ideas using basic categorization and classification skills, there was a significant and substantial improvement in reading comprehension and ability to write sentences containing the main idea of short paragraphs. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Strategies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Main Idea
Note: Special Issue: Competence and Instruction: Contributions from Cognitive Psychology. For related information, see EC 190 801-810.