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Facilitating Children's Comprehension through the Use of Advance Organizers.

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Townsend, Michael A. R.; Clarihew, Anne – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1989

Investigates the effects of verbal and pictorial advance organizers on science text comprehension of children with high or low prior knowledge. Finds that verbal advance organizers assist text comprehension of children with strong prior knowledge, while the addition of a pictorial component aids comprehension of children with weak prior knowledge.…

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries