Second Grader’s Comprehension of Expository Text: Examining the Effectiveness of Text Structure as a Comprehension Strategy

Authors

Michelle Marie McClellan, Brigham Young University
Dr. Kendra M. Hall, Brigham Young University

Keywords

second grade, expository text, text structure, comprehension strategy, elementary

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Teacher Education

Abstract

Teaching students to read is one of the most important aspects taught in an elementary classroom and often is one of the harder concepts to teach. Teachers use many different strategies when they teach students to read. One method of teaching the students is to teach comprehension strategies, which tends to be one of the more complex methods. Many teachers often struggle with this aspect of teaching as they try to find the most efficient way to teach their students. For the project, it was proposed that we use expository texts and text structure to see how well the students could comprehend using these methods.

Recommended Citation

McClellan, Michelle Marie and Hall, Dr. Kendra M. (2013) "Second Grader’s Comprehension of Expository Text: Examining the Effectiveness of Text Structure as a Comprehension Strategy," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 65.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/65