A comparison of students' ability to read for main ideas in social studies textbooks and to complete main idea worksheets
Taylor, Barbara; Olson, Vicki; Prenn, Maureen; Rybczynski, Marcia; Zakaluk, Beverly; Taylor, Barbara; University of Minnesota; Olson, Vicki; University of Minnesota; Prenn, Maureen; University of Minnesota; Rybczynski, Marcia; University of Minnesota; Zakaluk, Beverly; University of Minnesota
Журнал:
Reading World
Дата:
1985
Аннотация:
AbstractReading for main ideas is primarily taught through basal reader worksheets in which students select the best main ideas for brief paragraphs. Two experiments were conducted to see if elementary students were as skilled at reading for main ideas in textbooks as they were at completing main idea worksheets. It was found that students had difficulty understanding the main ideas of social studies passages and were significantly less skilled at this task than at completing main idea worksheets. Results suggest that the worksheet approach to teaching main ideas is insufficient and that direct instruction using textbooks is needed.
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