Reading Comprehension Skills: Testing the Distinctiveness Hypothesis.

Reutzel, D. Ray; Hollingsworth, Paul M.

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ERIC Number: EJ424275

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Reading Comprehension Skills: Testing the Distinctiveness Hypothesis.

Reutzel, D. Ray; Hollingsworth, Paul M.

Reading Research and Instruction, v30 n2 p32-46 Win 1991

Explores the validity of the reading comprehension skills distinctiveness hypothesis. Finds that results argue for a unitary or holistic view of reading comprehension and suggest increasing the time students spend in sustained reading of self-selected materials as a means for improving students' reading comprehension. (MG)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection, Reading Research, Recreational Reading, Sustained Silent Reading

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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