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ERIC Number: EJ187980
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Generative Processess in Reading Comprehension
Doctorow, Marleen; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, 70, 2, 109-18, Apr 78
In the generative model of learning with understanding, reading comprehension occurs when readers actively construct meaning for text. On two experiments with 488 sixth graders, learning time was held constant across all treatments. The combination of inserted paragraph headings and instructions to generate sentences about paragraphs approximately doubled comprehension and recall. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cues, Decoding (Reading), Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology)
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Language: English
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