Reviews four aids to reading: notetaking, underlining, inserted questions, and organizers in text. For each method, investigations on the key variables are discussed and generalizations from the literature are drawn. (AO)

Discusses reasons for an oral introduction to instructional films, types of oral introductions--i.e., substantive, attention-directing, anxiety-inducing, and advance organizers--and research related to these four areas. Recommendations for the use of the oral introduction are also offered. (RAO)

Summarizes a study designed to ascertain the effects of advance organizers on learning from text, with the position of both "part" and "whole" organizers as a manipulated variable. The effect of intelligence and its interaction with the treatment was also studied. Ten references are listed. (Author/FM)

Discusses cognitive processes readers engage in when comprehending instructional text and identifies familiar devices utilized by authors of instructional materials to support each of these processes. Included are appropriate vocabulary and sentence syntax use for intended audience; listing instructional objectives; and use of hierarchical…