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Retelling in the Improvement of Reading Comprehension Scores of Urban, Lower Socio-Economic Fourth Graders.
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D'Alessio, Judith A. – 1996
A study examined retelling as a reading comprehension-enhancing technique. Subjects were 26 urban, lower socio-economic fourth graders from New Jersey (Essex County), including 10 girls and 16 boys. A control sample answered questions as a follow-up to reading basal stories; an experimental sample retold the stories as a follow-up. Comparable…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Grade 4