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Direct linkWilliams, Joanna P.; Stafford, K. Brooke; Lauer, Kristen D.; Hall, Kendra M.; Pollini, Simonne – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
This study evaluated the effectiveness of comprehension training embedded in a program that taught science content to 2nd graders. The program included instruction about the structure of compare-contrast expository text, emphasizing clue words, generic questions, graphic organizers, and the close analysis of well-structured text exemplars. This…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Grade 2, Comparative Analysis
Expository Text Comprehension: Helping Primary-Grade Teachers Use Expository Texts to Full Advantage
Hall, Kendra M.; Sabey, Brenda L.; McClellan, Michelle – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2005
This study investigated the effectiveness of an instructional program designed to teach expository text comprehension during guided reading. Participants included 72 second graders in six classrooms, organized into four guided reading groups in each class (n = 24). The six classes were randomly assigned to one of three groups: Text Structure,…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods
Williams, Joanna P.; Hall, Kendra M.; Lauer, Kristen D.; Stafford, K. Brooke; DeSisto, Laura A.; deCani, John S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
This study investigates the effectiveness of an instructional program designed to teach 2nd graders how to comprehend compare-contrast expository text. Along with introducing new content (animal classification), the program emphasizes text structure via clue words, a sequence of questions, and a graphic organizer, and via the close analysis of…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Grade 2, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure
Williams, Joanna P.; Hall, Kendra M.; Lauer, Kristen D. – Exceptionality, 2004
Expository text is often neglected in the elementary school curriculum even though most of the reading that children do in school is of that type. Most of the research that demonstrates the importance of text structure in reading comprehension and the benefits that accrue from instruction in text structure deals with children at or above the 4th…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Elementary School Curriculum, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure
