Active Comprehension: Teaching a Process of Reading Comprehension and Its Effects on Reading Achievement.

Nolte, Ruth Yopp; Singer, Harry

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Publication Date: 1985

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Active Comprehension: Teaching a Process of Reading Comprehension and Its Effects on Reading Achievement.

Nolte, Ruth Yopp; Singer, Harry

Reading Teacher, v39 n1 p24-31 Oct 1985

Concludes that teaching fourth- and fifth-grade children to ask themselves questions about key points in a story significantly improved their performance on tests about story content. (FL)

Descriptors: Educational Theories, Grade 4, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Questioning Techniques, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Teaching Methods, Test Wiseness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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