Direction-Setting Activities in Reading Comprehension: A Comparison of Two Approaches.

Darch, Craig; Gersten, Russell

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ERIC Number: EJ341257

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Publication Date: 1986

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Direction-Setting Activities in Reading Comprehension: A Comparison of Two Approaches.

Darch, Craig; Gersten, Russell

Learning Disability Quarterly, v9 n3 p235-43 Sum 1986

Use of two direction-setting activities (the basal approach to develop student motivation and the advance organizer approach based on the text outline) to improve content area text comprehension with 24 learning disabled high school students was compared. Results indicated that the advance organizer group significantly outperformed the basal group. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods

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