Effect of Rewritten Content Textbook Passages on Middle Grade Students' Comprehension of Main Ideas: Making the Inconsiderate Considerate.

Baumann, James F.

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ394858

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: N/A

EISSN: N/A

Effect of Rewritten Content Textbook Passages on Middle Grade Students' Comprehension of Main Ideas: Making the Inconsiderate Considerate.

Baumann, James F.

Journal of Reading Behavior, v18 n1 p1-21 1986

Examines whether content area textbook passages could be rewritten so that middle grade students' main idea comprehension ability was enhanced. Finds that after reading rewritten text versions, some students could compose significantly more passage main ideas, and all students could compose significantly more paragraph main ideas. (MM)

Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Science Materials, Textbook Content, Textbook Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A