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A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Text Structure Instruction on Reading Comprehension in the Upper Elementary Grades
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Bogaerds-Hazenberg, Suzanne T. M.; Evers-Vermeul, Jacqueline; van den Bergh, Huub – Reading Research Quarterly, 2021
In this meta-analysis, the authors synthesize results from 44 (quasi-)experimental studies on informational and narrative text structure interventions involving students in grades 4-6 in regular school settings. Findings show that text structure instruction had positive immediate effects on students' reading comprehension but that effect sizes…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Text Structure, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Investigating a Text Structure Intervention for Reading and Writing in Grades 4 and 5
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Strong, John Z. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2020
The purpose of this mixed-methods experimental study was to investigate the effects and social validity of a text structure intervention for reading and writing in upper elementary grades. Fourth- and fifth-grade teachers (N = 11) in three elementary schools were randomly assigned to implement the text structure intervention or a comprehension…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Intervention, Grade 4, Grade 5
Web-Based Tutoring of the Structure Strategy with or without Elaborated Feedback or Choice for Fifth- and Seventh-Grade Readers
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Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Wijekumar, Kay; Middlemiss, Wendy; Higley, Kelli; Lei, Pui-Wa; Meier, Catherine; Spielvogel, James – Reading Research Quarterly, 2010
This study investigated the effects of different versions of Web-based instruction focused on text structure on fifth- and seventh-grade students' reading comprehension. Stratified random assignment was employed in a two-factor experiment embedded within a pretest and multiple posttests design (immediate and four-month delayed posttests). The two…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Web Based Instruction
Processing of Topic Shifts by Adults and Children.
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Hyona, Jukka – Reading Research Quarterly, 1994
Investigates the phenomenon of topic shift (sentences initiating a new topic are given additional processing time by skilled readers). Finds adults showed a proportionately greater effect than fifth graders when more difficult expository texts were used but not with easy narratives. Finds that paragraph marking did not influence the processing of…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Good and Poor Elementary Readers' Use of Cohesion in Writing.
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Cox, Beverly E.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1990
Examines the relationship between children's reading performance and their use of cohesion in writing. Finds that good readers achieved significantly more complex cohesive harmony in their writing than poor readers, who made significantly more inappropriate use of cohesive devices. Concludes that knowledge of cohesion is related to children's…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Revising Social Studies Text from a Text-Processing Perspective: Evidence of Improved Comprehensibility.
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Beck, Isabel L. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1991
Uses a cognitive processing perspective to revise fifth grade social studies texts, to describe those revisions, and to demonstrate their effects empirically. Finds that students reading the revised text recalled more material and answered more questions correctly than did those reading the original text. Concludes that a text-processing approach…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Grade 4, Grade 5