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Smagorinsky, Peter – 1994
To analyze the appropriateness of textual media in the construction of meaning, this paper first provides a review of the psychological research on semiotics and multiple intelligences that supports a broadened notion of text. The paper next reports on preliminary research on the construction of non-print texts in disciplines other than…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Arts, Literature Reviews

Suomela-Salmi, Eija – 1992
This paper discusses aspects of signaling structure by means of textual organizers in Finnish and French academic discourse. The assumption that there exist culture-bound conventions for marking textual organization by either explicit or implicit linguistic means was explored. Observations are offered of French and Finnish articles and summaries…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Cultural Influences, Finnish, Foreign Countries
Eklundh, Kerstin Severinson – 1992
Word processors have been shown to favor a local perspective over a global perspective on the text during writing. Recently, advanced outline processors or "idea processors" have appeared that allow the writer to represent and handle structural aspects of a text so that the writer may compose the text within an outline and experiment with…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Language Research
Knupfer, Nancy Nelson; McIsaac, Marina Stock – 1990
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of three electronic text variables (run-around, wrap-around, and transparent text) on reading speed and comprehension. One hundred thirty-two undergraduate students in an introductory computer literacy course at a major university were asked to read one of three randomly-distributed passages…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Graphics, Desktop Publishing, Higher Education
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 2001
This inservice professional development module, part of the Alabama Reading Initiative, presents research summaries, notes for presenters, and activities. The Comprehension Strategies module explains the process of building comprehension in readers so that they read for meaning and understanding. There are six interferences to comprehension that…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Metacognition, Primary Education
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 2001
This inservice professional development module, part of the Alabama Reading Initiative, presents research summaries, notes for presenters, and activities. The Comprehension Strategies module explains the process of building comprehension in readers so that they read for meaning and understanding. There are six interferences to comprehension that…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Metacognition, Primary Education
Jabbhour, Georgette – 2001
Corpus-based instruction, also referred to as corpus-based linguistics, is essentially the study of genre texts for the production of materials that fit a specific group of second language learners. For example, if a group of students is learning the language in order to read medical articles, a specific teaching program can be set up based on the…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Discourse Analysis
Karchmer, Rachel – 2003
The electronic text program described in this lesson plan guides students to compare and contrast the characteristics of electronic text with the characteristics of traditionally printed text, gaining a deeper understanding of how to navigate and comprehend information found on the Internet. During a 30 minute and a 45 minutes lesson, students…
Descriptors: Electronic Text, Evaluation Methods, Internet, Lesson Plans
Gerson, Sharon J.; Gerson, Steven M. – 2000
This book guides students through the entire writing process--prewriting, writing, and rewriting--developing an easy-to-use, step-by-step technique for writing the types of documents they will encounter on the job. It engages students in the writing process and encourages hands-on application as well as discussions about ethics, audience…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Business Correspondence, Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication
Menton, Shailaja; Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – 1999
A study considered the tasks for beginning readers posed by currently available beginning reading programs. A set of guidelines for evaluating beginning reading texts was identified. According to the model used, such texts should be "engaging, accessible, and generalizable." These guidelines were used to examine the literature components…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Primary Education, Reader Text Relationship

Chambers, Sharon K.; Andre, Thomas – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1997
Presents a study that investigated relationships between gender, interest, and experience in electricity. Also explored the effect of conceptual change text manipulations on learning fundamental concepts of direct current. Suggests that conceptual change text manipulations are likely to be effective for both men and women. Contains 57 references.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Electricity

Losee, Robert M. – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Discusses the nature of term groupings, phrases, and text windows in full-text documents and computes the statistical significance of windows. Topics include classifying documents within disciplines or on a theory versus practice spectrum; and grammatical characteristics for automatic classification of documents, for information retrieval, and for…
Descriptors: Classification, Full Text Databases, Information Retrieval, Intellectual Disciplines

Ulijn, Jan M.; Strother, Judith B. – Journal of Research in Reading, 1990
Determines that the complexity of syntax does not significantly affect reading comprehension of native and non-native English speakers when reading technical writing. Finds no significant differences between subgroups reading an authentic computer science text and those reading a syntactically adapted text, either in comprehension or in speed. (MG)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science, English (Second Language), English for Science and Technology

Raphael, Taffy E.; Englert, Carol Sue – Reading Teacher, 1990
Describes the Cognitive Strategy Instruction in Writing (CSIW) program by discussing: (1) knowledge bases that are useful for expository writing and reading; (2) features of instruction inherent in CSIW that help build knowledge for successful writing and reading; and (3) the effect of CSIW on students' expository writing and reading. (MG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Reading Comprehension

Durst, Russel K. – College Composition and Communication, 1990
Examines composition research in the annotated bibliographies appearing from December 1984 to May 1989 in the journal "Research in the Teaching of English." Considers the question of what has been learned from this large corpus of research. Focuses on topics on which little research has been done and areas in which enough work has…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Research Needs