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Toward Understanding Comprehension.
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Otto, Wayne – 1980
Traditionally, reading educators' alternatives for improving students' reading comprehension have been to (a) modify the text, (b) augment the text with aids, or (c) modify the students' reading behavior. The first involves limiting the average number of words per sentence and substituting short, easy words and structures. Results with this…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Changing Teacher Attitudes Toward Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
Smith, Richard J; Otto, Wayne – J Reading, 1969
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction