The Effects of Text Segmentation on Children's Reading Comprehension.

Weiss, David S.

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Publication Date: 1983

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The Effects of Text Segmentation on Children's Reading Comprehension.

Weiss, David S.

Discourse Processes, v6 n1 p77-89 Jan-Mar 1983

Investigated two methods of segmenting text based upon phrase boundaries in an attempt to make social studies textbooks more readable for elementary school students. Concludes that phrasing the passages for students improved their reading comprehension by approximately one grade level. (FL)

Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Phrase Structure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Social Studies, Syntax, Textbook Content

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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