Synthesizing Information from Multiple Sources : A Descriptive Study of Elementary Students' Perceptions and Performance of Discourse Synthesis. Elementary Subjects Center Series No. 45 / Taffy E. Raphael and Fenice B. Boyd.

Two studies explored the nature of fourth- and fifth-grade students' abilities to synthesize information from multiple sources of text. The studies examined the ways in which elementary students approached a synthesis activity that involved reading two well-organized and related nonfiction articles,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Raphael, Taffy E. Boyd, Fenice B. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Center for the Learning and Teaching of Elementary Subjects, East Lansing, MI
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1991.
Subjects:	Cognitive Processes. Elementary School Students. Grade 4. Grade 5. Intermediate Grades. Reading Comprehension. Reading Processes. Reading Research. Reading Writing Relationship. Synthesis. Writing Processes. Discourse Synthesis Reports, Research.
Genre:	Reports, Research.
Physical Description:	67 pages
Format:	Microfilm Book

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