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Peer reviewedStein, Bonnie L.; Kirby, John R. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1992
Investigates the effects of text absent and text present conditions during summary writing. Suggests that text absent summarization may be beneficial but only for subjects who are competent summary writers or able readers. (SR)
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Download full textKirby, John R.; And Others – 1996
A 2-year longitudinal study investigated the causal contributions of phonological processing to early reading competency. Subjects, 161 kindergarten children, were tested with a battery of measures assessing letter knowledge, reading ability, and 5 phonological constructs: rapid naming ability, rhyming ability, phonological memory (successive…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten Children, Longitudinal Studies
Kirby, John R.; And Others – 1984
A study investigated the effects of a spatial adjunct aid--maps--upon probed comprehension and free recall with respect to a text in which map-related information (macropropositions) could be clearly distinguished from more abstract information (micropropositions). Forty-eight tenth grade students were randomly assigned to either a control group…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Advance Organizers, Grade 10, Reading Ability
