An Investigation of Poor Readers' Use of a Thematic Strategy to Comprehend Text.

Risko, Victoria J.|Alvarez, Marino C.

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ERIC Number: EJ337401

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Publication Date: 1986

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An Investigation of Poor Readers' Use of a Thematic Strategy to Comprehend Text.

Risko, Victoria J.; Alvarez, Marino C.

Reading Research Quarterly, v21 n3 p298-316 Sum 1986

Concludes that thematic organizers improved middle school students' performance on several measures of literal and inferential comprehension and facilitated more complete recall of text ideas and the ability to elaborate upon implied information. (FL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Middle Schools, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Strategies, Recall (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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