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Peer reviewedNippold, Marilyn A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1991
Guidelines are offered for speech-language pathologists who seek to evaluate and enhance idiom comprehension in language-disordered students. The long-term goal of the treatment approach is for the student to acquire a specific comprehension strategy for determining the meanings of unfamiliar idioms. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Idioms, Language Handicaps, Learning Strategies
Wilson, Buford E. – 1978
Arguing that the failure of instructional materials is frequently due to misconceptions held by their developers concerning the nature of comprehension, this chapter examines the factors involved in comprehension and relates them to the design of instructional materials. Three types of errors in comprehension are discussed, and ways to avoid them…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Context Clues, Instructional Design, Instructional Development
Keller, Rodney D. – 1983
The process of getting a thought out of the mind and onto paper can be divided into five major categories: (1) discovering the word, (2) excavating the mythic word from the subconscious, (3) perceiving the word in the conscious, (4) verbalizing the expressed word, and (5) comprehending the unsaid word. When humans experience anything, their minds…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Higher Education, Metaphors
