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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Expository text"”.
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Connectives and Causal Relatedness in Expository Text
… on online and offline comprehension of expository texts was investigated. The current hypothesis was that causal connectives would encourage elaborative processing and online generation of bridging inferences, particularly in the moderately to low causally related sentence pairs. This …
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An Instructional Strategy for Helping Readers Identify the Gist in Expository Text
… high school students' comprehension of biology text materials through use of an explicit instructional strategy. The Topic/Subtopic Strategy is a two-step procedure designed to enable readers to recognize relationships among key ideas in text by engaging readers in the active process of …
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English language learners and expository text: A cross-case analysis of reading behaviors using retrospective miscue analysis
… of reading behaviors focuses on ELLs and expository text. The objective of this study was to examine fourth grade ELL reading processes of expository text. The theoretical framework will be based on Goodman's sociopsycholiguistic theory (1984) in that reading utilizes thought and language …
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The Effects of Oral Repeated Reading With and Without Corrective Feedback on the Fluency and Comprehension of Narrative and Expository Text for Struggling Readers
… were made by group on readings of narrative and expository texts and by type of comprehension questions. Students were randomly assigned to one of two reading groups (oral repeated reading with corrective feedback and oral repeated reading without corrective feedback). Participants in each group …
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Comparing the Effects of Narrative and Expository Texts on Teacher Instruction and Child Processing in Junior Guided Reading
Narrative text has historically been used to teach children to read. Increased advocacy for the use of expository text for reading instruction in junior classrooms has been matched by an increase in the publication of this material. However there is little research evidence about how teachers are …
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An exploration of strategy-based reading instruction using expository science text in grades 2-5
… strategy-based reading instruction using science expository text between grades 2-5. The exploration revealed that elementary teachers used a variety of reading strategies using expository text for science instruction in grades 2-5, and that time barriers exist for strategy-based instruction using …
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Instruction in the Interpretation of a Writer's Argument: A Training Study (Reading Comprehension)
… was to improve students' ability to comprehend expository text by training them in the use and control of a set of strategies defining purposive reading. The study derives its significance from its attempt to base instruction in reading comprehension on reading comprehension theory.
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The effects of four different text structures on the retellings of fourth and sixth grade students
… study was to analyze the influence of different expository text structures on fourth and sixth grade students' written retellings. Although previous research has shown that text structure can assist in understanding and recalling text, little work has been done with the use of different …
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Prior Knowledge and Reading Comprehension Test Bias
… and measurable effect on comprehension from expository text, even when measured with multiple choice questions. This was demonstrated in two ways, by (a) measuring prior knowledge with passage independent questions, and (b) creating an unfamiliar text by substituting pseudowords for certain …
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Case Studies of Turkish Children's Literacy and Oral Language Development in English as a Second Language
… seemed to hinder their comprehension, and the expository text was more difficult for them. The students' English oral language and literacy abilities showed a negative relationship, where oral proficiency did not lead to literacy acquisition in the second language. Alp lacked phonological …
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The Effects of Graphic Organizers and Content Familiarity on Second Graders' Comprehension of Cause/Effect Text
The ability to comprehend expository text is vital for academic and professional success; however, many students struggle with this genre. While it has been found that text structure-based graphic organizers (GOs) may assist older students in comprehending expository text, it is uncertain whether …
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Effects of Teaching Reading Through Discussion of Text Structures.
… of teaching reading through discussion of text structures on students' reading comprehension. The design of the study was a Pretest-Posttest Control-Group Design. One hundred twenty-six sophomore and senior Thai college students majoring in English and attending afternoon English classes …
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Reading Development: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Individuals with High Functioning Autism
… in reading profiles, 2) advantage in expository text, 3) challenges in reading, 4) reading strategies, 5) behaviour support, 6) interest and motivation, 7) supportive parents, and 8) different school experiences. Based on rich, in-depth descriptions, this study sheds light on the …
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Literacy Strategies for Reading and Understanding Nonfiction Texts in the Elementary Grades
… their students to read and understand nonfiction text so they will not only be successful in elementary school, but will also be prepared for the increased demands placed on them in the upper grades and beyond. This literature review investigated the question, what are the most effective literacy …
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Developing young children’s biliteracy through translanguaging and multimodal instruction
… investigations using traditional and digital expository text. A critical lens to instruction and language practices supports the theoretical framework of this study. Data analysis indicates that EBs can effectively use their linguistic repertoire to talk and read in English and Spanish. The …
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The effects of expository teaching methodologies on student achievement of suburban students at the secondary-level
… explicit teaching, or the teaching of skills and expository teaching, or the teaching of textual content areas. Although extensive research has demonstrated how to teach explicit skills, little research exists on how to teach expository text. The purpose of this research was to conduct a …
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The effects of story performance on fourth and fifth grade students' comprehension and oral reading fluency of narrative and expository texts
… and oral reading fluency of both narrative and expository texts. The independent variable involved two strategies for introducing stories to children (storytelling and story reading) and a comparison strategy (silent reading). Each treatment (or strategy) was used, in part, to differentiate …
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