Typographic Cues as an Aid to Learning from Textbooks.

Garofalo, Karen M.

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ERIC Number: EJ402158

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Publication Date: 1988

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Typographic Cues as an Aid to Learning from Textbooks.

Garofalo, Karen M.

Visible Language, v22 n2-3 p273-97 Spr 1988

Hypothesizes that typographic cues structured according to a defined set of common attributes within textbooks enable readers to discriminate between various levels of information and to make generalizations about the information contained in each level. Proposes a method of identifying and ranking categories of information. (KEH)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Context Effect, Critical Reading, Cues, Higher Education, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Textbook Content, Textbooks

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Language: English

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