The Effect of a Direct Instruction Paradigm Using Dictated Texts on Beginning Readers' Main Idea Comprehension.

Reutzel, D. Ray; And Others

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Effect of a Direct Instruction Paradigm Using Dictated Texts on Beginning Readers' Main Idea Comprehension.

Reutzel, D. Ray; And Others

Reading Research and Instruction, v27 n4 p25-46 Sum 1988

Compares the effect on beginning readers' main idea comprehension of a direct instruction model, basal reader main idea comprehension lessons, and language extension lessons for group-dictated experience charts. Reports that the direct instruction group outperformed basal and control groups in determining main ideas across a variety of tasks. (MM)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Reading Research

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Language: English

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