Improving Reading Comprehension: Effects of Sentence Organization Instruction.

Weaver, Phyllis A.

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ERIC Number: EJ210797

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Publication Date: 1979

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Improving Reading Comprehension: Effects of Sentence Organization Instruction.

Weaver, Phyllis A.

Reading Research Quarterly, v15 n1 p129-46 1979

A study was conducted to investigate the possibility of improving reading comprehension by training sentence organization skills using a sentence anagram task and word-grouping strategy. Results indicated that training significantly improved sentence anagram performance and transferred to reading comprehension performance. (MKM)

Descriptors: Grade 3, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Sentence Structure, Skill Development, Syntax

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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