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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Knowledge Acquisition in the Content Area Classroom: Exploring the Consequences of Instruction (Reading Comprehension)

Abstract

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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.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Gallagher, Margaret C.

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8600188
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69019

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Gallagher, Margaret C.. Knowledge Acquisition in the Content Area Classroom: Exploring the Consequences of Instruction (Reading Comprehension). Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/69019