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Direct linkShanahan, Timothy; Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy – Educational Leadership, 2012
The Common Core State Standards emphasize the value of teaching students to engage with complex text. But what exactly makes a text complex, and how can teachers help students develop their ability to learn from such texts? The authors of this article discuss five factors that determine text complexity: vocabulary, sentence structure, coherence,…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level
