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Peer reviewedSnider, Vicki E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The study found that instructing 13 learning-disabled junior high students in the necessary prior knowledge (information and vocabulary concepts) led to superior reading comprehension performance. Textually explicit text structure also improved reading comprehension. (DB)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Directed Reading Activity, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedEstes, Thomas H. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Evaluative Thinking
