Assessing Potential Difficulties, in Comprehending Fourth Grade Science Textbooks.

Autor: Wood, Terry L., Wood, William L.
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Zdroj: Science Education; Oct1988, Vol. 72 Issue 5, p561-574, 14p, 4 Charts, 2 Graphs
Abstrakt: This article focuses on the assessment of potential difficulties in comprehending fourth grade science textbooks. the primary characteristics of expository text which contribute to comprehension are complexity of the content area, structural form of the text and text reading level. These characteristics influence the ease with which a reader can process and retain information from text. This paper is designed to present the results of the three components of science text. The purpose of this paper is to show that reading level distribution of used elementary science texts may interfere with the potential understanding of the science texts. The analysis presented focuses on three objectives which are enumerated in the article.
Databáze: Complementary Index