Facilitating Children's Comprehension through the Use of Advance Organizers.

Townsend, Michael A. R.; Clarihew, Anne

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Publication Date: 1989

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Facilitating Children's Comprehension through the Use of Advance Organizers.

Townsend, Michael A. R.; Clarihew, Anne

Journal of Reading Behavior, v21 n1 p15-35 1989

Investigates the effects of verbal and pictorial advance organizers on science text comprehension of children with high or low prior knowledge. Finds that verbal advance organizers assist text comprehension of children with strong prior knowledge, while the addition of a pictorial component aids comprehension of children with weak prior knowledge. (RS)

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries, Pictorial Stimuli, Primary Education, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Schemata (Cognition), Verbal Stimuli

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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand

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