Embed units of assistance and enrichment into the fabric of textual material so they are unobtrusive yet available for reader use¶

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Description¶

Imbedded Aids are units of assistance and enrichment — line numbering locators, reading/study suggestions, precis summary notes, vocabulary assistance, in-process comprehension checks, independent study suggestions, indicators of high-calibre writing, deletion-attention devices, 'things to think about,' mini-enrichment notes, and elaborated informational/study-help notes — woven into text. The article defines them as "woven into the fabric of textual material so as to be unobtrusive and yet present and available for reader use," analogous to an annotated edition of the classics or a teacher's annotated edition of a textbook.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Aids must be woven into the fabric of the text so as to be unobtrusive and yet present and available for reader use.

Constraints¶

• The author concludes the value of aids is variable depending on the appropriateness of the aids chosen and the extent to which students have been schooled in their use.

Target Learners¶

• post-elementary and secondary content-area readers

Target Learning Goals¶

• reading comprehension in content-area textual material

Affordances¶

• Languaging In Content Areas Lica Thesis

Related Strategies¶

• Specific Technique Identification

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Manzo, Anthony V. (1977). 'Imbedded Aids' to Readers: Alternatives to Traditional Textual Material. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED136196