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Direct linkWilliams, Joanna P.; Kao, Jenny C.; Pao, Lisa S.; Ordynans, Jill G.; Atkins, J. Grant; Cheng, Rong; DeBonis, Daniel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
We developed and evaluated an intervention that teaches reading comprehension via expository text structure training to second graders in urban public schools at risk for academic failure. Fifty lessons on 5 basic text structures (sequence, comparison, causation, description, and problem-solution) were embedded in a social studies curriculum that…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Comprehension, Grade 2, Urban Schools
Williams, Joanna P.; Hall, Kendra M.; Lauer, Kristen D.; Stafford, K. Brooke; DeSisto, Laura A.; deCani, John S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
This study investigates the effectiveness of an instructional program designed to teach 2nd graders how to comprehend compare-contrast expository text. Along with introducing new content (animal classification), the program emphasizes text structure via clue words, a sequence of questions, and a graphic organizer, and via the close analysis of…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Grade 2, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure
