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ERIC Number: EJ284895
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Aug
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Reading in Perspective: What Real Cops and Pretend Burglars Look for in a Story.
Goetz, Ernest T.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v75 n4 p500-10 Aug 1983
Two hypotheses (selective attention and slot filling) of how schemata enhance the learning and recall of the initial comprehension of prose material were tested. Consistent with the attention-focusing hypothesis, readers spent more time on sentences containing information important to their assigned perspective. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Education Majors, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Memory, Perspective Taking, Police, Reading Comprehension, Real Estate Occupations, Recall (Psychology), Schemata (Cognition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Selective Attention