Effects of a Tree Diagram on Students' Comprehension of Main Ideas in an Expository Text with Multiple Themes.

Guri-Rozenblit, Sarah

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Publication Date: 1989

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Effects of a Tree Diagram on Students' Comprehension of Main Ideas in an Expository Text with Multiple Themes.

Guri-Rozenblit, Sarah

Reading Research Quarterly, v24 n2 p236-47 Spr 1989

Examines the effect of a tree diagram on college students' comprehension of main ideas in a social sciences expository text. Concludes that the tree diagram significantly improved comprehension of main ideas and relations between elements, irrespective of the students' initial verbal and visual aptitudes. (RS)

Descriptors: College Students, Diagrams, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Social Sciences, Study Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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