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Peer reviewedIrwin, Judith Westphal – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1979
The effects of manipulating the connective words "because" and "after" on fifth graders' reading comprehension was examined. The results provide no support for the notion that sentence length is related to comprehensibility or that implicit connectives are more difficult to comprehend. (HOD)
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Elementary Education, Function Words, Grade 5
Download full textFolta, Bernarr – 1969
Students in grades 4, 5, or 6 can learn to write more concretely, accurately, and deliberately by employing three strategies: (1) elimination of those words or phrases that garble meaning or repeat unnecessarily; (2) substitution of more specific, concrete, and generally more appropriate expressions for ones that are vague and unimaginative; and…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
