Instructional Texts Rewritten by Five Expert Teams: Revisions and Retention Improvements.

Britton, Bruce K.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ398504

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Publication Date: 1989

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Instructional Texts Rewritten by Five Expert Teams: Revisions and Retention Improvements.

Britton, Bruce K.; And Others

Journal of Educational Psychology, v81 n2 p226-39 Jun 1989

Efficacious features claimed by experts who had rewritten texts were evaluated in 3 experiments involving 700 undergraduates and 52 instructional texts about Army job tasks. Some experts evidently had effective knowledge about improving text, but it was primarily procedural. (SLD)

Descriptors: Armed Forces, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials, Reading Comprehension, Retention (Psychology), Revision (Written Composition), Textbook Preparation, Textbook Research, Undergraduate Students, Word Processing, Writing Skills

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