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Peer reviewedAlvermann, Donna E. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Describes a procedure for helping students to reorganize text structured by listing. Details a study proving the effectiveness of the technique. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Recall (Psychology)
Peer reviewedAlvermann, Donna E.; Swafford, Jeanne – Journal of Reading, 1989
Examines the extent to which reading research supports the comprehension and vocabulary strategies recommended in content reading methods texts. Concludes that more of the research finds the strategies to be effective than finds them ineffective. (MM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension
Download full textAlvermann, Donna E. – 1982
A study sought to describe the nature of teacher and student behaviors related to textbook reading assignments at the secondary school level, and to explore the relationship between the amount of time secondary school teachers devoted to specific assignment-related behaviors and students' subsequent performance on the assignments. The sample…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Junior High Schools, Reading Achievement, Reading Assignments
Peer reviewedAlvermann, Donna E. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1987
Examines teachers' decisions to make adjustments in their preplanned discussion routines to better facilitate students' comprehension of previously assigned content area materials in terms of how texts figured into those decisions. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedAlvermann, Donna E. – Clearing House, 1984
Concludes that middle school and high school students are rarely involved in discussions (as opposed to recitations) of their content reading assignments. Includes three sources of information for helping teachers help their students learn from text. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
