NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Leon, Jose A.; Carretero, Mario – Learning and Instruction, 1995
A reading comprehension instructional program designed to improve knowledge and use of the text structure was analyzed in two complementary studies involving 72 high school students. Readers trained in the program demonstrated improved comprehension and were able to transfer their knowledge to other texts. (SLD)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Intervention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Vidal-Abarca, Eduardo; Sanjose, Vicente – Learning and Instruction, 1998
The role played on shallow and deep levels of comprehension by text changes aimed at improving relationships within text ideas or producing better links with the reader's knowledge were studied with 67 Spanish 10th graders. Both textual changes contributed separately to recall, but problem solving increased only when the two were presented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, High School Students, High Schools
Pico, Eliseo – 1990
A study investigated the reliability and validity of the partial dictation test, a combination of dictation and cloze procedure, to measure foreign language listening comprehension. Subjects were 78 students of English as a Foreign Language in the second year of high school in Spain. Students listened to a passage from a commercial reader three…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Dictation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries