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Peer reviewedAlvermann, Donna E.; Hague, Sally A. – Journal of Educational Research, 1989
Results of a study involving 55 developmental studies college students indicate that regardless of reading competency levels, prior knowledge activation plus advance warning of possible inconsistencies in the text apparently facilitate students' comprehension of counterintuitive science text better than activation alone. (IAH)
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Courage, Richard Arthur – 1991
Two models of literacy stand in contrast to one another. The first, termed the "autonomous model" by British anthropologist Brian Street, portrays literacy as a value-free, technical skill which effects uniformly positive changes in both individuals and societies. The "ideological model," in contrast, focuses on specific social…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Basic Writing, Case Studies, Developmental Studies Programs
