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ERIC Number: EJ590400
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
Hierarchy Rating as a Measure of Text Macroprocessing: Relationship with Working Memory and School Achievement.
Lyytinen, Sirkka; Lehto, Juhani E.
Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v18 n2 p157-69 Jun 1998
Investigates expository text macroprocessing and its relationship to working memory and school achievement by using a hierarchy-rating test. Indicates that the ability to identify expository text topics and main points are connected to Working Memory (WM). Finds that hierarchy-rating and multiple-choice task are strongly related to school achievement. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Memory, Models, Reading Comprehension, Secondary Education, Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Finland; Working Memory