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ERIC Number: EJ449325
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
An Empirical Method of Assessing Topic Familiarity in Reading Comprehension Research.
Spyridakis, Jan H.; Wenger, Michael J.
British Educational Research Journal, v17 n4 p353-60 1991
Reviews the literature on the effect of prior knowledge and text familiarity on document comprehension and usability. Discusses current methods for assessing subjects' topic familiarity. Presents an empirically based method for effectively assessing topic familiarity. Explains that the method includes use of two subject groups and reliance on behavioral responses that are part of the repertoire of all subjects. (DK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Familiarity, Higher Education, Prior Learning, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Research Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Information Analyses
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Text Processing (Reading)