Making reading for information more accessible to children with learning difficulties
Maureen Warner Lewis, David Wray, PATRICIA ROSPIGLIOSI · Support for Learning · 1994
Maureen Lewis and her colleagues at Exeter report on a 2‐year research project into the processes of children's interactions with texts, particularly non‐fiction texts. Using case studies, they look at the problems children with learning difficulty face and the alternatives to passive copying. Some research strategies are proposed based on the activation of prior knowledge. The authors conclude that these are best deployed within the framework of regular class activity rather than in decontextualised situations.