Making Students Partners in the Comprehension Process: Organizing the Reading "Posse."

This article reports on a reading comprehension instructional technique which uses reciprocal-like teaching formats in groups and semantic mapping to make text structures apparent. The procedure significantly affected recall of expository ideas and knowledge of comprehension strategies with 28 inter...

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Published inLearning disability quarterly Vol. 14; no. 2; p. 123
Main Authors Englert, Carol Sue, Mariage, Troy V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.05.1991
Subjects
Group Discussion
Instructional Effectiveness
Intermediate Grades
Learning Disabilities
Learning Strategies
Reading Comprehension
Reciprocal Teaching
Semantic Mapping
Study Skills
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This article reports on a reading comprehension instructional technique which uses reciprocal-like teaching formats in groups and semantic mapping to make text structures apparent. The procedure significantly affected recall of expository ideas and knowledge of comprehension strategies with 28 intermediate grade students with learning disabilities. (DB)
ISSN:0731-9487
DOI:10.2307/1510519