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ERIC Number: EJ339568
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Effects of Question-Generation Training on Reading Comprehension.
Davey, Beth; McBride, Susan
Journal of Educational Psychology, v78 n4 p256-62 Aug 1986
The study examined the effects of training in question generation on comprehension question performance, on quality and form of generated questions, and on accuracy of predicted comprehension. Sixth-grade students trained in question generation outperformed four comparison groups on several comprehension and metacomprehension measures. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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