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Harmon, Janis; Hedrick, Wanda; Wood, Karen; Gress, Michelle – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2005
This study investigated students' decision-making as they self-selected important words from expository texts. Participants were 94 eighth graders and six adult readers. Data sources included students' written responses containing their word selections and reasons for selecting words from eight informational passages, student interviews, and word…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Reading Ability, Reading Strategies