Considerate and Inconsiderate Text Instruction in Postsecondary Developmental Reading Textbooks: A Content Analysis.

Schumm, Jeanne Shay; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ432444

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Considerate and Inconsiderate Text Instruction in Postsecondary Developmental Reading Textbooks: A Content Analysis.

Schumm, Jeanne Shay; And Others

Reading Research and Instruction, v30 n4 p42-51 Sum 1991

Determines the extent to which postsecondary reading textbooks provide an awareness of and strategies for the use of both considerate and inconsiderate text features in the reading of content area textbooks. Analyses 46 postsecondary developmental reading textbooks. Finds that substantially more strategies in these texts concern considerate text features than inconsiderate text features. (MG)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Postsecondary Education, Reading Materials, Remedial Reading, Text Structure, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Research, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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