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Ross, Steven M.; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 1988
Describes study of undergraduate teacher education majors which was designed to examine the function of text density level (high, low, or learner controlled) and various learner characteristics in learning from expository text in computer based instruction (CBI). Selection of print media versus CBI is discussed, pretests and posttests are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMorrison, Gary R.; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1988
Summarizes three research studies on text and screen density variables in a computer based instruction (CBI) lesson. The first two studies investigated the effectiveness of low density text on lessons taught in print and CBI modes; the third study examined learner preferences for different screen densities. (43 references) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMealey, Donna L.; Nist, Sherrie L. – Journal of Reading, 1989
Examines the theoretical and research perspectives (including metacognition, schema theory, and text structure) related to the direct instruction of comprehension at the college level for developmental readers. Concludes that many such strategies are not grounded in solid research bases and recommends that future research focus on the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Directed Reading Activity, Graphic Organizers, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKnupfer, Nancy Nelson; McIsaac, Marina Stock – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1992
Discussion of the use of desktop publishing software to produce instructional materials highlights a study that used a wrap-around text format with variations in the amount of white space surrounding the graphic to investigate the effect of white space variations on the reading speed and comprehension of undergraduate students. (28 references)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Graphics, Desktop Publishing, Higher Education
Download full textKintsch, Eileen – 1989
A study investigated how students' mental representation of an expository text and the inferences they used in summarizing varied as a function of text difficulty and of differences in the task. Subjects, 96 college students and students from grades 6 and 10, wrote summaries of expository texts and answered orally several probe questions about the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Difficulty Level
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1999
The Communication Theory and Methodology section of the Proceedings contains the following 14 papers: "Press Releases and the 'Bscore': New Statistical Measurement Explored" (Lee Bollinger); "A Systematic Approach to Analyzing the Structure of News Texts" (Michael Schmierbach); "Setting the Proximity Frame: Distance as an…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Cultural Differences, Females, Foreign Countries
Koroghlanian, Carol M.; Sullivan, Howard J. – 1999
This study investigated the effects of audio and text density on the achievement, time-in-program, and attitudes of 134 undergraduates. Data concerning the subjects' preexisting computer skills and experience, as well as demographic information, were also collected. The instruction in visual design principles was delivered by computer and included…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Instruction, Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis
Linek, Wayne M., Ed.; Sturtevant, Elizabeth G., Ed. – 1997
This book presents 25 essays and studies that explore the interplay of a variety of factors that provide the fuel for individual and collaborative explorations into the nature of literacy. Essays and studies in the book are "Patterns of Response: Struggling Readers Respond to a Real Book during Transactional Literature Discussion" (JoAnn Rubino…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Literacy
Peer reviewedKamimura, Taeko; Oi, Kyoko – World Englishes, 1998
A study examined differences in argumentative strategies in Japanese and American English by analyzing English essays on capital punishment written by 22 American high school seniors and 30 Japanese college sophomores. Differences were found in the organizational patterns, content and use of rational appeals, preference for type of diction, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Lindeberg, Ann-Charlotte, Ed.; And Others – 1992
Papers presented at the 1990 Symposium of the Nordic Research Group for Theoretical and Applied Text Linguistics include the following: "Success Concepts" (Enkvist); "Reconciling the Psychological with the Linguistic in Accounts of Text Comprehension" (Garrod); "Particles as Fundaments of Discourse Structuring"…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Adverbs, Content Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
