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ERIC Number: EJ398811
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Teaching Text Structure to Improve Reading and Writing.
Armbruster, Bonnie B.; And Others
Reading Teacher, v43 n2 p130-37 Nov 1989
Explains the details of a method of teaching text structure that proved successful in improving both reading comprehension and summary writing of fifth graders. Reports that students quickly learned how to attend to and remember main ideas from problem-solution passages in their textbooks and how to write summaries. (MG)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Readability, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Reading Writing Relationship, Teaching Methods, Text Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Expository Text; Main Idea; Summarization