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ERIC Number: EJ328936
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Test Summarization Deficiencies Among Older Students: Awareness or Production Ability?
Garner, Ruth
American Educational Research Journal, v22 n4 p549-60 Win 1985
Two explanations for text summarization deficiencies among older learners were investigated. Results of the study confirmed deficiencies documented in the literature but with some specificity for source of the deficit and for age level. Specific instructional remedies are proposed. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, High Schools, Higher Education, Language Processing, Reading Skills, Writing Difficulties, Writing Processes, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Summarization