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ERIC Number: EJ617428
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1277
Metacomprehension Knowledge and Comprehension of Expository and Narrative Texts among Younger and Older Adults.
Lin, Lin-Miao; Moore, DeWayne; Zabrucky, Karen M.
Educational Gerontology, v26 n8 p737-49 Dec 2000
Adults with graduate education (60 aged 23-25, 60 aged 61-84) completed comprehension tasks on expository and narrative texts. Score on the Metacomprehension Knowledge Scale reliably predicted performance and self-perception of their comprehension. Age differences involved different components of metacomprehension. Metacomprehension predicted comprehension of expository better than narrative text. (SK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Expository Writing, Metacognition, Older Adults, Reading Comprehension, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Narrative Text