While the use of narrative elements in educational texts seems to be an adequate means enhance students’ engagement and comprehension, we know little about how what extent these are used present-day practice. In this quantitative corpus-based analysis, chart when current Dutch (N=999). have traditionally been considered prime exemplars expository texts, show that distinction between genre is no...

With the recent renewed emphasis on the importance of providing instruction to improve expository discourse comprehension and production skills, speech–language pathologists need to be prepared to implement effective intervention to meet this critical need in older children and adolescents with language disorders. The purpose of this review article is to present intervention techniques, approac...

Subgoal labeled expository instructions and worked examples have been shown to positively impact student learning and performance in computer science education. This study examined whether problem solving performance differed based on the order of expository instructions and worked examples and the presence of subgoal labels within the instructions for creating applications (Apps) for phones. P...

This study explored the effects of implementing Janks’ critical literacy model with EFL students at a private university in Colombia. Following this model, an instructional unit was designed and implemented to help develop by reflecting on gender stereotypes, analyzing TV commercials stereotyping women, writing expository essays about such stereotypes. The data included samples students’ work, ...