Date of Award
1994
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Education
School
School of Education
Faculty
Faculty of Education
First Supervisor
Dr Peter Sloan
Second Supervisor
Jennie Bickmore-Brand
Third Supervisor
Dr Marion Milton
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of teaching a specific top-level structure on students' recall and organization of expository text. The hypothesis to be investigated was that students explicitly taught the scientific report text structure schema would show improved recall and organization of written report text protocols. The report text structure utilized in this study was derived from Sloan and Latham's top-level structure of text organization devised from schema theory and semantic memory models.
Recommended Citation
Brown, K. (1994). The Effects of Teaching a Specific Top-Level Structure on the Organization of Written Texts. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1697