Using Mental Imagery and Summarization to Achieve Independence in Comprehension.

Gambrell, Linda B.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ350562

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Using Mental Imagery and Summarization to Achieve Independence in Comprehension.

Gambrell, Linda B.; And Others

Journal of Reading, v30 n7 p638-42 Apr 1987

Recommends teaching both mental imagery (an unobtrusive, natural text processing strategy) and summarizing (an efficient text reorganization strategy) to students who do not spontaneously use them. (NKA)

Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Independent Study, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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