Examining the Reading Difficulty of Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities: Expository versus Narrative Text.

Saenz, Laura M.; Fuchs, Lynn S.

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ERIC Number: EJ641052

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Examining the Reading Difficulty of Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities: Expository versus Narrative Text.

Saenz, Laura M.; Fuchs, Lynn S.

Remedial and Special Education, v23 n1 p31-41 Jan-Feb 2002

A study involving 111 secondary students with learning disabilities investigated differential reading performance on narrative versus expository text. Students had more difficulty with expository text than with narrative text in terms of reading fluency and comprehension. However, effects for comprehension were mediated by the type of question asked. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Expository Writing, Learning Disabilities, Personal Narratives, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Secondary Education, Text Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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