An Analysis of Grade 4 Reading Textbooks used in Mainland China: Do the Texts and Activities Support Higher Order Reading Comprehension Skills?
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Zhang, Wijekumar, and Han (2021) found only 20% of the text activities in the latest Grade 4 textbooks published by People's Education Press were designed to promote students' high-level reading comprehension, with most texts focused on literal understanding.
“Zhang, Wijekumar, and Han (2021) analysed the latest versions of Grade 4 textbooks published by People's Education Press.They found only 20% of the text activities were designed to promote students' high-level reading comprehension, with most of the texts focused on literal understanding of texts.”
From The Impact of a Dialogic Intervention on a Chinese Rural Teacher and Students' Stances Towards Texts (2025) · cites this paper as Zhang, Wijekumar, and Han 2021
Chinese reading instruction relies heavily on official textbooks to ensure the Curriculum Guide is followed.
“Chinese reading instruction relies heavily on official textbooks to ensure the Curriculum Guide is followed (Cheng et al. 2015;Zhang, Wijekumar, and Han 2021).”
From The Impact of a Dialogic Intervention on a Chinese Rural Teacher and Students' Stances Towards Texts (2025) · cites this paper as Zhang, Wijekumar, and Han 2021
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- Authors
- Zhang, S., Wijekumar, K. (., & Han, B.
- Affiliations
- Appalachian State University (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zhang, Shuai
- Venue
- Technology, Knowledge and Learning
- Published
- 2021-02-16
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 251-291
- ISSN
- 2211-1662 (ISSN-L)
- 2211-1670
- OpenAlex
- W3151904221
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 3.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Technology Knowledge and Learning (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Keywords
- reading textbooks, grade 4, construction-integration model, situation model, word comprehension, prior knowledge, textbook design, People's Education Press, Chinese primary education, text structure
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