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Direct linkRamsay, Crystal M.; Sperling, Rayne A.; Dornisch, Michele M. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
This experimental study examined students' comprehension of challenging, ecologically valid, history text. We examined the benefits of the elaborative interrogation (EI) comprehension strategy and the main idea (MI) strategy when compared to an independent study (IS) control. This work extended previous research and explored the ecological…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Independent Study, Objective Tests, Prior Learning
Peer reviewedCarr, Eileen; Wixson, Karen K. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Proposes four guidelines to help educators evaluate vocabulary instruction: (1) instruction should help students relate new vocabulary to their background knowledge, (2) instruction should help students develop elaborated word knowledge, (3) instruction should provide for active student involvement, and (4) instruction should develop students'…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Independent Study, Learning Strategies
