Knowledge Acquisition in the Content Area Classroom: Exploring the Consequences of Instruction (Reading Comprehension)
A series of studies designed to address basic questions about instruction in subject areas such as science and social studies at the elementary level were described and findings reported. The focus of investigation was group discussion of textbook content, and the basic questions addressed concerned the effects of instruction in terms of students' knowledge acquisition and their independent reading comprehension of novel content.
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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