What is text structure and what role does it play in comprehension?

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Text structure is the way the author has organized and presented ideas. It may involve outlining main concepts, listing elements chronologically, making comparisons, presenting problems, etc. The author may develop an idea by listing a series of reasons, describing locations, or supplying causes. Often, content dictates structure. When comprehending, students need to activate two kinds of schemata—prior knowledge and text structure—because the content of a text cannot be separated from the way that the content is expressed, which is the structure.

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The recognition that society and schools have a responsibility for exceptional students stemmed in large part from the activities of

a. educational diagnosticians. b. the children's parents. c. regular education teachers. d. school counselors.

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What is the purpose of the Maxine Greene Foundation for Social Imagination, the Arts, and Education?

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Which of the following statements represents the relationship between receptive and expressive language development?

A) Receptive language develops first and provides a basis for later expressive language. B) Expressive language develops first and provides a basis for later receptive language. C) Receptive and expressive language develop concurrently. D) Receptive and expressive language develop concurrently and interactively.

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a. true b. false

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