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Peer reviewedLinderholm, Tracy; Everson, Michelle Gaddy; van den Brock, Paul; Mischinski, Maureen; Crittenden, Alex; Samuels, Jay – Cognition and Instruction, 2000
Investigated the effect of causal structure revisions to school texts on the comprehension of more- and less- skilled undergraduates. Found that readers at both skill levels benefited from the revisions but only for the difficult text. (JPB)
Descriptors: Readability, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension
Engvall, Barb – Library Talk, 1999
Describes and compares four computerized reading incentive programs that quiz students on their reading comprehension of self-selected books and award points for their efforts. Topics include price, hardware requirements, reading level, training, and recommendations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Selection
Download full textSakari, Mary D. – 1996
A study examined 52 stories for grades 1-6, randomly chosen from 10 American and Canadian literature-based reading series containing well-known selections by well-known authors. The study compared the reading series selection to the original story cited in the series acknowledgments, seeking patterns of difference in wording, paragraph structure,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Editing, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Crismore, Avon – 1983
Written authorial commentary, or metadiscourse, in social studies texts helps students anticipate context, goals, text organization, and author perspective, and results in texts that readers find interesting and easy to remember. An analysis of informational and attitudinal metadiscourse instances in nine social studies textbooks and nine…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Parer, Michael S. – 1988
A study was conducted to examine the relationships of four areas of textual design factors that are relevant to external students' learning as they use their course study guides: the micro and macro textual features, the linguistics, and the instructional design elements. Twelve external students from two units at the Gippsland Institute were…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Comprehension, Distance Education, External Degree Programs
Baumann, James F. – 1984
A study was conducted to apply what is known about how expository text structure variables enhance main idea comprehension and to determine if restructuring content textbook passages improves such comprehension. Original texts were rewritten to be more "considerate" as follows: the paragraph main ideas were rewritten and placed in the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Readability
Kettlewell, Gail B. – 1983
College students can read, but they often lack the prereading and postreading skills needed to help them think about and respond to what they read. A three-step plan can help students read and understand the text more fully. The first step entails using measures of fitness to determine: (1) the grade level of the text being considered and how it…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education, Readability Formulas
Smith, Lynn C.; And Others – 1983
A study examined students' ability to comprehend consistent or inconsistent text when activating relevant or irrelevant background knowledge. Fifty-five grade six students reading at or above grade level were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: activated/consistent, nonactivated/consistent, activated/inconsistent, and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies
Cress, Cynthia J., Comp. – 1986
This bibliography provides citations to studies of word/letter frequencies and vocabulary applications based on issues of word frequency. While the original intent was to gather information pertinent to developing communication board vocabularies for argumentative communication systems, these resources should be useful for a variety of word…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Difficulty Level, Disabilities, Letters (Alphabet)
Steinberg, Erwin R. – 1985
Intended for writing teachers, this paper shows how "pithy prescriptions" for writing, such as "use definite, specific, concrete language," can be misleading or wrong. To support this thesis, the paper examines a technical writing book advocating short sentences and finds that it has sentences averaging 27.8 words in one section and 30.18 in…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Expository Writing, Generalization, Higher Education
Conard, Sue Stankewitz – 1981
A study (1) surveyed the views of educators and textbook publishers regarding suitable reading levels of textbooks used for instruction in reading and content area subjects; (2) examined preferences for difficulty of reading textbooks considering students' achievement levels and for reading content area textbooks when selections are made for…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Publishing Industry
SILIAKUS, H.J. – 1967
IN PREPARATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERAL FREQUENCY WORD LIST IN GERMAN DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS OF READING IN THE GERMAN CURRICULUM, A COMPUTER-BASED WORD COUNT WAS BEGUN IN AUSTRALIA'S UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE. USING MAGNETIC TAPES CONTAINING (1) A TEXT OF OVER 100,000 RUNNING WORDS, (2) 1,000 MOST…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, German
Anderson, Thomas H.; And Others – 1980
Two representative samples of expository prose from sixth grade textbooks (one in science and one in social studies) were analyzed for clarity of explanation. Four text criteria were applied to the analyses: structure, unity, coherence, and audience appropriateness. The results of the analysis suggested that many children's textbooks are not…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 6
Charrow, Veda R.; Redish, Janice C. – 1980
A study was conducted (1) to discover whether using standardized headings on warranties would increase or decrease people's speed and accuracy in understanding the terms of warranties and (2) to determine what effect headings would have on people's attitudes toward warranties. Subjects were 48 adult consumers who read groups of four warranties for…
Descriptors: Adults, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection, Design Preferences
Rembert, Emma W. – 1975
A course for teaching reading in the secondary school, designed for teachers both with or without previous study in the teaching of reading, is presented in outline form. The course is divided into the following five sections: reading perspectives or theory, secondary programs, assessment, classroom organization, and content-specific…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Reading, Postsecondary Education
