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ERIC Number: EJ224595
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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The Role of Elaboration in the Comprehension and Retention of Prose: A Critical Review.
Reder, Lynne M.
Review of Educational Research, v50 n1 p5-53 Spr 1980
Recent research in the area of prose comprehension is reviewed, including factors that affect amount of recall, representations of text structures, and use of world knowledge to aid comprehension. The need for more information processing models of comprehension is emphasized. Elaboration is considered important for comprehension and retention. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Knowledge Level, Models, Prose, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), State of the Art Reviews, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Verbal Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Elaboration