Discourse Forms in Content Texts (Open to Suggestion).

Catterson, Jane

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ERIC Number: EJ406822

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Discourse Forms in Content Texts (Open to Suggestion).

Catterson, Jane

Journal of Reading, v33 n7 p556-58 Apr 1990

Argues that reading specialists' lack of success in persuading content area teachers to help their students read and study texts in social studies, science, and mathematics is a result of reading specialists' lack of careful thought about text structures. Discusses the text structures of textbooks in these content areas. (RS)

Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reader Text Relationship, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Text Structure, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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Note: Themed Issue: Reading Instruction for At-Risk Students.