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Burnham, Catherine A.; Anderson, Thomas H. – 1991
Two studies examined the validity of a model of procedural document processing, and the relationships among document features, reader characteristics, and successful completion of a button-sewing task. The first study tested three information sources. Subjects were 12 seventh-grade, 12 tenth-grade, and 12 adult students who used 2 commercially…
Descriptors: Adults, Grade 10, Grade 7, High Schools
Johnson-Eilola, Johndan – 1991
Academic theory about hypertext indicates that hypertext use makes concrete postmodern and post-structuralist theories of text. When it is said that hypertext offers a new type of freedom and power for readers and writers, what are some of the things that are signaled implicitly? In conservative hypertexts, "choice" means being able to…
Descriptors: Activism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computers, Higher Education
Parer, Michael S. – 1988
A study was conducted to examine the relationships of four areas of textual design factors that are relevant to external students' learning as they use their course study guides: the micro and macro textual features, the linguistics, and the instructional design elements. Twelve external students from two units at the Gippsland Institute were…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Comprehension, Distance Education, External Degree Programs
Trabasso, Tom – 1986
Using a recursive network transition model for depicting stories to generate two stories of contrasting structure (successive episodes organized by topic and embedded episodes organized by failed and successful goals), a study examined the understanding of the structures by having children in the third through eleventh grades rate each story…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 3
Baker, Carolyn; Freebody, Peter – Australian Journal of Reading, 1988
Examines the nature of early school reading material and its distinct discourse structures, which are used to present possible social worlds and characters to children. Argues that understanding the interpretive challenges and problems that such texts present to children aids teachers in enhancing literacy. (RAE)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Critical Reading, Decoding (Reading), Discourse Analysis
Henning, John – 1998
A study aimed to discover a correspondence between the thinking processes and textual structures of six eleventh graders. In a predominantly White, middle class rural high school, six students were selected to think aloud as they read two essays written as part of two assignments for their advanced English classes. The six were selected based on…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, English Instruction, Grade 11
Stokes, Valorie – 2002
This introductory lesson exposes students to a variety of online texts about Anne Frank and the Holocaust prior to more extensive study of these topics. Students are encouraged to cooperatively examine Internet sites as a primary source of information, and then share their impressions and opinions of the various sites. During the two 40-minute…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Content Analysis, Critical Thinking
Oliver, Ron; Herrington, Jan – Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 1995
Provides an overview of the potential of hypermedia as an instructional medium and discusses research that has investigated learning outcomes. Discusses instructional design considerations to guide developers and designers of hypermedia systems, including learner characteristics and elements of content presentation such as text structure,…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Display Systems, Hypermedia

Crismore, Avon – Discourse Processes, 1990
Reports the impact of metadiscourse on sixth grade students' learning and attitudes. Finds that low-comfort students learn more when informational metadiscourse is presented in interpersonal voice and high-comfort students learn less. Finds that students' attitudes are more tolerant of opinions if they read just one type of metadiscourse. (KEH)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reader Response

Bensoussan, Marsha; Kreindler, Isabelle – Journal of Research in Reading, 1990
Examines whether the comprehension of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students who were trained to summarize improved more than that of students who responded to short-answer questions. Finds that since the reading comprehension of all classes improved significantly, the study could not prove that either approach was the major cause of this…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Decoding (Reading), English (Second Language), Higher Education

Durst, Russel K.; Newell, George E. – Review of Educational Research, 1989
The theoretical and empirical work of J. Britton and his followers is reviewed. The uses of Britton's discourse system in writing research and studies of school writing are considered. Topics addressed include Britton's conceptualization of heuristics, written discourse, pedagogy, function system, learning processes, teaching methods, and text…
Descriptors: Classification, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Englert, Carol Sue; Mariage, Troy – Academic Therapy, 1990
POSSE, an instructional procedure for a reading comprehension curriculum, structures classroom dialogue about text meaning. Students with mild handicaps predict what the story will be about, organize their knowledge, search for the text structure, summarize, and evaluate. POSSE's successful application is dependent upon effective lesson dialogue…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Dialogs (Language), Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies

Alvarez, Marino C.; Risko, Victoria J. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1989
Investigates whether thematic organizers can facilitate generalizability of ideas from one context to another for low ability readers enrolled in a college developmental studies program. Finds that the thematic strategy facilitated transfer of learning. (RS)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, College Students, Context Clues, Higher Education

Armbruster, Bonnie B.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1989
Explains the details of a method of teaching text structure that proved successful in improving both reading comprehension and summary writing of fifth graders. Reports that students quickly learned how to attend to and remember main ideas from problem-solution passages in their textbooks and how to write summaries. (MG)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Readability

Barnitz, John G. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1986
Reviews multidisciplinary research on second culture and second language reading comprehension to support the claim that second language reading is an interactive process, involving the interrelationship of cultural schemata and discourse structure. Argues for the roles of cultural schemata and discourse structure in an interactive model of first…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature Reviews