An article in the May 25 issue of Education Week incorrectly cited the percentages of students whose text comprehension improved using an experimental technique called “Questioning the Author.’' Before the experiment, 30 percent of the students recognized when they did not understand a text passage. That figure increased to 80 percent after students had used the technique for several months.
A version of this article appeared in the June 01, 1994 edition of Education Week as Correction