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Peer reviewedSpyridakis, Jan H.; Wenger, Michael J. – Technical Communication, 1992
Reviews models of reading performance as an organizing framework for understanding findings from empirical studies of text and reader factors. Reviews numerous empirical studies of text design and reader variables and their effects on comprehension. Aims to help readers understand this research and its implications in document design decisions.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Peer reviewedSpyridakis, Jan H. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1989
Investigates the role of signaling (structural cues that announce or emphasize content or reveal content relationships) in helping good readers comprehend expository text. Finds that signals do improve a reader's comprehension, particularly comprehension two weeks after the reading of a passage and comprehension of superordinate and superordinate…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Expository Writing, Higher Education
