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Using Cooperative Learning With Literature To Enhance Social Development In The Primary Grades, Rosanna Mccoy Weir
Using Cooperative Learning With Literature To Enhance Social Development In The Primary Grades, Rosanna Mccoy Weir
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Literature and cooperative learning -- Prosocial behavior -- Three works by Leo Lionni.
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
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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. …