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ERIC Number: EJ156039
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Effect of Sentence Complexity on the Reading Comprehension of Syntactic Structures
Richek, Margaret Ann
Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 6, 800-6, Dec 76
Investigates how performance on syntactic structures is affected by the complexity of the surrounding sentence. To investigate possible relationships, two classifications of syntactic structures were tested in both simple and complex sentences. (RC)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary School Students, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Sentence Structure, Sentences, Syntax
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Identifiers: Minimum Distance Principle