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ERIC Number: EJ258331
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Dec
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Children's Inferential Abilities in the Context of Reading to Understand.
Johnson, Holly; Smith, Linda B.
Child Development, v52 n4 p1216-23 Dec 1981
Third- and fifth-grade children's abilities to make inferences in the context of reading and understanding a lengthy story were examined. The most critical result was that the younger, but not the older children, made fewer inferences when the component premises for an inference were located in separate paragraphs than when they occurred in the same paragraphs in the story. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Inference Skills