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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF GENRE ON STUDENT LEARNINGFROM INFORMATIONAL TEXT

Wilson, Donald Reece (2010) AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF GENRE ON STUDENT LEARNINGFROM INFORMATIONAL TEXT. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of text genre on student learning from science text, using science-related traditional informational and poetic informational texts, with fifth-graders. Four texts were used: a traditional informational text about caves, a poetic informational text about caves, a traditional informational text about mountains, and a poetic informational text about mountains. One group of students worked with the traditional informational cave text and the poetic information mountain text, while a second group worked with the traditional informational mountains text and the poetic informational caves text. After reading each text, students completed comprehension questions and a sorting task involving the main concepts of each text. Results indicated that genre was not a factor in student comprehension of science text. Rather, it appears that student reading ability and student knowledge of the text topic may have influenced student comprehension. Study results might be interpreted as an indication that in a classroom, some students might learn better from poetic texts, and that a variety of text types may be useful.


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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Wilson, Donald Reecedrw23@pitt.eduDRW23
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairKucan, Lindalkucan@pitt.eduLKUCAN
Committee MemberBeck, Isabelibeck@pitt.eduIBECK
Committee MemberPingel, Louispingel@pitt.eduPINGEL
Committee MemberMcKeown, Margaretmckeown@pitt.eduMCKEOWN
Committee MemberHamilton, Rebeccarhamilto@pitt.eduRHAMILTO
Date: 20 September 2010
Date Type: Completion
Defense Date: 23 June 2010
Approval Date: 20 September 2010
Submission Date: 21 July 2010
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Education > Instruction and Learning
Degree: EdD - Doctor of Education
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: genre; reading comprehension; scientific literacy
Other ID: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-07212010-121634/, etd-07212010-121634
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 19:52
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2016 13:46
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8490

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