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Effective Instructional Strategies Series
Effective Instructional Strategies Series
Text Features
The Effective Instructional Strategies Series is a collection of six booklets based on the components used in Pacific Communities with High-performance In Literacy Development (Pacific CHILD), a principles-based professional development program consisting of research-based teaching and learning strategies proven to help improve students’ reading comprehension using informational text.
Text Features is ubiquitous in nonfiction and informational texts. This booklet will explain the research supporting text features as an important tool to help students better comprehend content area text. The booklet contains several strategies and examples for practitioners to try in their classroom.
Available for free download here. If you would like printed copies, please contact PREL at products@prel.org.