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Peer reviewedGordon, Christine J. – Reading Horizons, 1990
Suggests modeling of thought processes with expository text structure as one method of promoting strategic reading with students. Explains that modeling involves explaining the kinds of strategies used and the reasoning involved in the process of making sense of text. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Modeling (Psychology), Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedEdiger, Marlow – Reading Improvement, 1999
Claims students can become better readers and writers by acquiring knowledge of the structure of the English language and developing skill in using the language. Discusses strategies for helping students to recognize five sentence patterns, and learn how to expand sentences. (NH)
Descriptors: English, Language Skills, Reading Improvement, Reading Skills
Download full textWinser, W. N. – 1992
Reading is construed as operating within the dynamics of the relationship of reader, text, context, and language system. Context is understood as the cultural and situational environment of the text, itself a semantic unit that is an instance of the language system. A related variable for reading is the awareness of the reader of the language…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
