two groups of students were assigned as experimental and control ones, and were given instruction on directed reading-thinking activities and after some treatment, they were post-tested. although the initial pre-test did not show any significant differences, the final post-test result revealed that the cooperative reading comprehension helped the experimental group. the cooperative students’...

this study investigated (a) the learners’ existing reading strategy repertoire, (b) the effect of instruction in reading strategies on learners’ strategic performance, and (c) the effect of explicit instruction in top-down reading strategies on reading comprehension ability of intermediate learners. the study was conducted with 40 intermediate efl learners in two groups of experimental and cont...

Introduction: Educational resources are a supplement for patient education programs and apply for the development of self-care skills in chronic pains; but these resources are effective when they are understandable by their audiences. So, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the readability levels of educational resources distributed in Shiraz health centers. Methods: In this descrip...