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| Mosenthal, Peter B. | 5 |
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Peer reviewedKirsch, Irwin S.; Mosenthal, Peter B. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Focuses on a general document navigation strategy called the known/need-to-know strategy. Illustrates the strategy using a variant of this strategy called "locate." (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Metacognition, Reading Processes, Reading Strategies
Peer reviewedMosenthal, Peter B.; Kirsch, Irwin S. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Inaugurates this column's topic for the year: document strategy procedures and ways to teach them. Argues that knowledge of document structures allows for better knowledge of the cognitive steps and metacognitive strategies in document processing. (SR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Metacognition, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedMosenthal, Peter B.; Kirsch, Irwin S. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Reviews document strategies called "locate tasks." Discusses "cycle tasks," tasks requiring two or more locate tasks, repeating the known/need-to-know steps, thus cycling to earlier steps in the known/need-to-know procedure. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Metacognition, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedMosenthal, Peter B.; Kirsch, Irwin S. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes three "generate" strategies for seeking information in text when expected clues are missing. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Metacognition
Peer reviewedMosenthal, Peter B.; Kirsch, Irwin S. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Discusses how to create a profile of students' abilities to apply document strategies (locate, cycle, and integrate strategies). (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Metacognition
