The Effects of Structural Variables on Reading Comprehension in Expository Text of Persian

This study attempts to explore structural variables on reading comprehension of 150 state run university students of psychology and educational fields. The subjects involved were selected through stratified random sampling. This group includes two ways factorial design through random assignment. The variables of this article were investigated in six groups (25 subjects in each group). Each group was asked to recall the text and finish a multiple-choice test. The central instrument included six versions of passage with identical content but different structure .Analysis of recall test indicated that subjects displayed better recall of the text with highly structured passage than others. The outcomes suggested that structural variables have a significant effect on written communication.