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Text Structure Awareness

Text Structure Awareness is a cognitive construct in reading comprehension research that refers to the reader's recognition and understanding of the organizational patterns of expository or narrative texts, such as cause-effect, problem-solution, or chronological order, which facilitates coherent mental representation and strategic processing of information.

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2017–2026

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Use of Top-Level Structure in Text: Key for Reading Comprehension of Ninth-Grade Students

Bonnie J. F. Meyer, David M. Brandt, George J. Bluth · Reading Research Quarterly · 1980 · 702 citations

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Prior knowledge, reading skill, and text cohesion in the comprehension of science texts

Yasuhiro Ozuru, Kyle B. Dempsey, Danielle S. McNamara · Learning and Instruction · 2008 · 431 citations

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Comprehension and recall of text as a function of content variables

Walter Kintsch, Ely Kozminsky, William J. Streby et al. · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1975 · 411 citations

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Facilitating ESL Reading by Teaching Text Structure

Patricia L. Carrell · TESOL Quarterly · 1985 · 383 citations

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Aids to text comprehension

Richard E. Mayer · Educational Psychologist · 1984 · 312 citations

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Authors

319

  1. WK
    Walter Kintsch

    University of Colorado System, United States

    6 publications · 749 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. RF
    Robert F. Lorch

    University of Kentucky, United States

    4 publications · 227 citations

    4

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  3. EH
    Elfrieda H. Hiebert

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 313 citations

    4

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  4. BM
    Barbara M. Taylor

    University of Minnesota, United States

    4 publications · 453 citations

    4

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  5. CS
    Carol Sue Englert

    Michigan State University, United States

    3 publications · 456 citations

    3

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Institutions

142

  1. University of Minnesota System

    Minneapolis, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    771 citations

  2. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    634 citations

  3. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    431 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    225 citations

  5. Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

    Toulouse, France

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    138 citations

  6. Northern Illinois University

    DeKalb, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    608 citations

  7. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    124 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

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Venues

  1. Reading Research Quarterly

    RRQ · 16 publications · 2.1K citations

    16

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  2. Journal of Educational Psychology

    14 publications · 1K citations

    13

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  3. Journal of Reading Behavior

    JRB · 9 publications · 223 citations

    9

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  4. Discourse Processes

    DP · 7 publications · 721 citations

    7

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  5. The Reading Teacher

    RT · 7 publications · 373 citations

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