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ERIC Number: EJ440472
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Differences in the Use of Selective Attention by More Successful and Less Successful Tenth-Grade Readers.
Reynolds, Ralph E.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v82 n4 p749-59 Dec 1990
Differences in use of selective attention by 64 more successful and 48 less successful readers in the tenth grade were studied. More successful readers are more aware of how and when to use the selective attention strategy and use more conceptual attention while reading than do less successful readers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Causal Models, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 10, High Achievement, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews, Learning Strategies, Low Achievement, Metacognition, Perception, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Recall (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Causal Analysis; Selective Attention