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ERIC Number: EJ346443
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Discourse Processing Strategies and Reading.
Beebe, Mona J.; And Others
Canadian Journal of Education, v11 n4 p424-44 Fall 1986
The relationship between reading comprehension and the number and complexity of idea units in a text was examined. The results showed that readers using text-entailed recall strategies gained the most insight into the meaning of text and that recall ability is an important encoding strategy for gaining meaning. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Correlation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Tests, Recall (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Canadian Tests of Basic Skills