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Readability and Types of Questions in Chilean EFL High School Textbooks
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Cárcamo Morales, Benjamín – TESOL Journal, 2020
This article evaluates the mandatory English as a foreign language textbooks provided by the government in Chile in terms of readability and types of questions. Three readability formulas are used to analyze the texts: Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, and Coh-Metrix L2 reading index (RDL2). To evaluate the cognitive demands that…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Textual Enhancement, Grammar Learning, Reading Comprehension, and Tag Questions
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Meguro, Yoichi – Language Teaching Research, 2019
The present study investigates whether textual enhancement had any effects on grammar learning (tag questions) and reading comprehension, and whether the types of tag question contributed to the benefits of textual enhancement. The study employed a pretest--posttest design with three treatment sessions. The target forms were English tag questions,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
Learning about Posterior Probability: Do Diagrams and Elaborative Interrogation Help?
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Clinton, Virginia; Alibali, Martha W.; Nathan, Mitchell J. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
To learn from a text, students must make meaningful connections among related ideas in that text. This study examined the effectiveness of two methods of improving connections--elaborative interrogation and diagrams--in written lessons about posterior probability. Undergraduate students (N = 198) read a lesson in one of three questioning…
Descriptors: Probability, Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students, Questioning Techniques
Learning about Posterior Probability: Do Diagrams and Elaborative Interrogation Help?
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Clinton, Virginia; Alibali, Martha Wagner; Nathan, Mitchel J. – Grantee Submission, 2016
To learn from a text, students must make meaningful connections among related ideas in that text. This study examined the effectiveness of two methods of improving connections--elaborative interrogation and diagrams--in written lessons about posterior probability. Undergraduate students (N = 198) read a lesson in one of three questioning…
Descriptors: Probability, Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students, Questioning Techniques
Profiling Students' Multiple Source Use by Question Type
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List, Alexandra; Grossnickle, Emily M.; Alexander, Patricia A. – Reading Psychology, 2016
The present study examined undergraduate students' multiple source use in response to two different types of academic questions, one discrete and one open-ended. Participants (N = 240) responded to two questions using a library of eight digital sources, varying in source type (e.g., newspaper article) and reliability (e.g., authors' credentials).…
Descriptors: Profiles, Questioning Techniques, Information Sources, Undergraduate Students
More about Reading. Reading Effectiveness Program.
Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. Div. of Reading Effectiveness. – 1977
As part of a continuing effort by the Indiana Department of Public Instruction to share practical, easy-to-implement reading techniques, this booklet offers a collection of teaching activities under various topics related to reading. Of the eight sections in the booklet, four deal with writing, because an anticipated outgrowth of improved skill in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques