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Risko, Victoria J.; Roller, Cathy M.; Cummins, Carrice; Bean, Rita M.; Block, Cathy Collins; Anders, Patricia L.; Flood, James – Reading Research Quarterly, 2008
The authors provide a review and critique of 82 empirical investigations conducted in the United States on teacher preparation for reading instruction. These studies were chosen from a pool of 298 based on the authors' coding of research quality indicators. Applying an inductive paradigmatic analysis of the 82 studies, this review suggests that in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Criticism, Reading Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Roller, Cathy M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1990
Reviews research on the effects of world knowledge and text structure variables on reading comprehension. Concludes that text structure variables exert influence only when the subject matter is moderately unfamiliar and are redundant in reading familiar or very difficult material. Suggests knowledge and structure variables should be manipulated…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Prior Learning, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension