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ERIC Number: EJ440467
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Organization and Comprehensibility in Scientific Proofs, or "Consider a Particle p...."
Dee-Lucas, Diana; Larkin, Jill H.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v82 n4 p701-14 Dec 1990
Effects on comprehension of a text structure used primarily in science and mathematics to present principles and associated proofs were studied for 70 undergraduates in 3 experiments. Results suggest that the usual proof-first structure is more difficult than a principle-first structure and results in less complete text representation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Readability, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Scientific and Technical Information, Scientific Literacy, Technical Writing, Text Structure, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Writing; Text Organization; Text Processing (Reading)
Note: Portions of this paper were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, April 5-9, 1988).