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Abdo, Pamela J.; Chan, Amy E.; Englund, Tonya R.; Liljegren, Roy D.; Mielenhausen, Steve E.; Van Fossen, Margaret A. – 1998
This report describes a program designed to increase students' knowledge in the science content area utilizing reading comprehension strategies. The targeted population consisted of grade 6 middle school students in a growing urban community in eastern Iowa. The students demonstrated poor comprehension of their science textbook. Data also revealed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Educational Strategies, Grade 6
Maushak, Nancy J. Ed.; Manternach-Wigans, Lynn, Ed. – 1997
"Action Research" and the "Encyclopedia of Distance Education Research" (1994) are designed as resources for distance education research in Iowa, including information on developing, implementing, and administering distance education systems. This addendum containing an additional seven research studies includes the following…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication