Some Classroom Applications of Text Analysis [electronic resource] : Toward Improving Text Selection and Use. Reading Education Report No. 17 / Robert J. Tierney and Others.

This paper suggests that teachers concentrate on the ideational and structural properties of text rather than on information acquired from readability formulas when selecting and using texts. Emphasis is given to the importance of context in the analysis of text, and a framework is suggested for exa...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Tierney, Robert J.
Corporate Authors:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading, Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980.
Subjects:	Connected Discourse. Discourse Analysis. Prose. Readability. Reading Comprehension. Reading Research. Textbook Evaluation. Textbook Selection.