Monday, September 10, 2007

Supported Text

What is supported text?

“Electronic text that is modified or enhanced in ways that are designed to increase reading comprehension and promote content-area learning”
--Anderson-Inman and Horney (1997; 1998)

Eleven forms of supported text
  • Presentational resources
  • Navigational resources
  • Translational
  • Explanatory
  • Illustrative
  • Summarizing
  • Enrichment
  • Instructional
  • Notational
  • Collaborative
  • Evaluative
Read an article with examples of supported e-text.