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Article: Improving comprehension of expository text in students with LD: a research synthesis.(learning disorder)(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Although reading comprehension has not received as much attention as beginning reading, there is general agreement that the ultimate goal of reading is to derive meaning from text. Essentially, the focus in primary grades is on "learning to read," whereas the emphasis shifts in later grades to "reading to learn." This emphasis is particularly relevant in content areas, where there is an increase in the density of information (e.g., unfamiliar content, technical vocabulary, complex and varied syntactical structures, abstract concepts) presented (Armbruster, 1984). Many content area textbooks are often written beyond students' grade level reading ability and lack clear ...