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Expository Text Structure

Expository Text Structure is a type of text organization that belongs to the broader category of textual structures and is distinguished by its focus on presenting, explaining, and clarifying information in a logical and coherent manner, typically through patterns such as cause-effect, problem-solution, or compare-contrast, to convey factual content or ideas in an academic or informational context.

121

Publications

7.1K

Citations

222

Authors

103

Institutions

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2017–2026

13

Variants

Expository Text Organization

Parents

Publications

121

Effects of 'Seductive Details' on Macroprocessing and Microprocessing in Adults and Children

Ruth Garner, Mark G. Gillingham, Cynthia White · Cognition and Instruction · 1989 · 406 citations

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Does Text Structure/Summarization Instruction Facilitate Learning from Expository Text?

Bonnie B. Armbruster, Thomas H. Anderson, Joyce Ostertag · Reading Research Quarterly · 1987 · 329 citations · Full text

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Using Kintsch's computational model to improve instructional text: Effects of repairing inference calls on recall and cognitive structures.

Bruce K. Britton, Sami̇ Gülgöz · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1991 · 317 citations

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Effects of student-generated diagrams versus student-generated summaries on conceptual understanding of causal and dynamic knowledge in plate tectonics

Janice D. Gobert, John J. Clement · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 1999 · 279 citations

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Students' Metacognitive Knowledge about How to Write Informational Texts

Carol Sue Englert, Taffy E. Raphael, Kathleen L. Fear et al. · Learning Disability Quarterly · 1988 · 209 citations

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Authors

222

  1. JP
    Joanna P. Williams

    Columbia University, United States

    8 publications · 652 citations

    8

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  2. CS
    Carol Sue Englert

    Michigan State University, United States

    6 publications · 744 citations

    6

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  3. BM
    Barbara M. Taylor

    University of Minnesota, United States

    4 publications · 453 citations

    4

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  4. EH
    Elfrieda H. Hiebert

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 323 citations

    3

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  5. RG
    Ruth Garner

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    3 publications · 465 citations

    3

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Institutions

103

  1. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    969 citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    515 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    245 citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    55 citations

  6. University of Wyoming

    Laramie, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    130 citations

  7. Utah State University

    Logan, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    465 citations

  8. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    321 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    17 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. The Reading Teacher

    RT · 9 publications · 397 citations

    9

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  3. Reading Research Quarterly

    RRQ · 8 publications · 1K citations

    8

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  4. Reading Psychology

    RP · 4 publications · 239 citations

    4

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  5. Reading Research and Instruction

    RRI · 4 publications · 87 citations

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