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ERIC Number: EJ497093
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Encoding of Instruments When 10- to 14-Year-Olds Process Isolated Instrument-Implicit Sentences: More Evidence of Improved Encoding during Childhood Resulting from Elaborative Instructions.
Van Meter, Peggy; Pressley, Michael
Journal of Educational Psychology, v86 n3 p402-12 Sep 1994
Whether 10- to 14-year olds infer implied instruments when reading isolated instrument-implicit sentences as well as they do when instructed to generate such instruments was studied with 177 subjects in 2 experiments. Results indicate that spontaneous instrumental inference is less certain than previously suggested. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Encoding (Psychology), Inferences, Language Processing, Reading Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Elaboration; Implied Authors; Implied Instruments