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Best, Rachel M.; Rowe, Michael; Ozuru, Yasuhiro; McNamara, Danielle S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2005
Many students from elementary school through college encounter difficulty understanding their science textbooks, regardless of whether they have language disorders. This article discusses some of the particular difficulties associated with science text comprehension and possible remedies for facilitating and enhancing comprehension of challenging…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Sciences, Reading Comprehension, Readability