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ERIC Number: EJ393625
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Reading Comprehension Performance of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities.
Snider, Vicki E.
Learning Disability Quarterly, v12 n2 p87-96 Spr 1989
The study found that instructing 13 learning-disabled junior high students in the necessary prior knowledge (information and vocabulary concepts) led to superior reading comprehension performance. Textually explicit text structure also improved reading comprehension. (DB)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Directed Reading Activity, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Text Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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