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The Effect Of Expository Writing As A Pre-Reading Activity On Comprehension Of Expository Text, W. B. Day
The Effect Of Expository Writing As A Pre-Reading Activity On Comprehension Of Expository Text, W. B. Day
Theses : Honours
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a pre-reading expository writing task on comprehension of expository text. It was undertaken in order to ascertain the usefulness of writing as a pre-reading activity in the development of schema theoretic reading teaching strategies. The theoretical position of the study was that writing before reading would activate prior knowledge in the form of content and structure in the working memory of the reader and thereby enhance reading comprehension. The sample, comprised selected from a small, of 51 year 6/7 students, school in the outskirts of was the metropolitan area. …
The Effect Of Outlines, Headings And Summaries On The Recall Of Informational Text, John S. Latham
The Effect Of Outlines, Headings And Summaries On The Recall Of Informational Text, John S. Latham
Theses : Honours
The purpose of this study was to investigate various text-based ways of assisting Year Seven readers to enhance their recall of informational texts. The theory that was tested in this investigation is that text-based reading aids which secure the activation and rehearsal of relevant form and/or content schemata for written texts will enhance the recall of the content and structure of those texts. To investigate the comparative impact of the text conditions, 105 Year Seven students from a large primary school in a northern suburb of the Perth Metropolitan Area were ranked on the basis of their reading comprehension scores. …