Why is knowledge of text structure important for learners?

What will be an ideal response?


It includes the student's comprehension or it affects the
student's summarization strategies.

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All job search approaches emphasize:

a) mailing your resume to as many employers as you can. b) giving adequate time to the job of job-hunting. c) using newspapers' Help Wanted advertisements. d) contacting personnel departments when looking for work.

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Research has shown that boys are:?

a. ?known risk-takers when it comes to nonroutine mathematical tasks. b. ?as able as girls when it comes to spatial sense. c. ?better overall in mathematics than girls. d. ?not praised for their natural talent in mathematics by parents.

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Karin and her mother live on welfare in a poor, inner-city neighborhood in Detroit. Karin is quite bright and highly motivated, and she really wants to get a college education

However, she knows that, on average, students from low-income homes perform more poorly on the SAT Reasoning Test than students from wealthier homes. When she takes the SAT, she is so nervous that she has trouble concentrating on the test items, and so her scores underestimate her true abilities. Which of the following concepts best explains what has happened to Karin? a. Stereotype threat b. An external attribution c. Hot cognition d. Cognitive dissonance

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Mario is an 8-year-old third grader who lives in a largely Hispanic community in Arizona. Considering typical ethnic group differences and without knowing anything else about Mario,

with which instructional approach would you expect him to feel most comfortable? a. A textbook chapter appropriate for his reading skills b. A cooperative learning activity c. A direct instruction session d. An in-class workbook exercise

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