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ERIC Number: EJ292492
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Effects of Structural Schema Training and Text Organization on Expository Prose Processing.
Brooks, Larry W.; Dansereau, Donald F.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v75 n6 p811-20 Dec 1983
Using a developed structural schema specifying the categories of knowledge important to understanding a scientific theory, two experiments involving 82 undergraduates were conducted to assess the effects of structural schema training and text organization on the comprehension and recall of scientific prose. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prose, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Strategies, Recall (Psychology), Schemata (Cognition), Science Materials, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Text Structure