We acquire a lot of information about the world through texts, which can be categorized at
the broadest level into two primary genres: narratives and exposition. Stories and essays …

Generative learning strategies are intended to improve students' learning by prompting them
to actively make sense of the material to be learned. But are they effective for all students …

Self-explanation is a process by which learners generate inferences about causal
connections or conceptual relationships. A meta-analysis was conducted on research that …

El objetivo de este estudio consistió en evaluar la efectividad de un programa de
intervención en español, LEE comprensivamente, para mejorar la comprensión lectora. El …

To deepen understanding of learning through peer feedback, the current study investigated
the relationships between different peer feedback activities (organized into constructive vs …

Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice Bill Grabe Table of
Contents Preface Section I: Foundations of Reading Comprehension 1. The Nature of …

Despite the accumulation of substantial cognitive science research relevant to education,
there remains confusion and controversy in the application of research to educational …

The goal of this chapter is to provide the foundation toward develo** a more
comprehensive model of reading comprehension. To this end, seven prominent …

First published in 2007. The focus of this book is on the cognitive processes involved in
comprehension, and moreover, on techniques that help readers improve their ability to …

Readers increasingly attempt to understand and learn from information sources they find on
the Internet. Doing so highlights the crucial role that evaluative processes play in selecting …