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ERIC Number: EJ268754
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Jun
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Interactions between Text and Prior Knowledge in Children's Memory for Prose.
Landis, Toby Y.
Child Development, v53 n3 p811-14 Jun 1982
Examines story retention after one-week interval as a function of topic familiarity and test-item relatedness. Second- and fifth-grade children participated. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Recognition (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), Verbal Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Distractors (Tests); Schema Theory