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ERIC Number: EJ292493
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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An Instructional Study: Improving the Inferential Comprehension of Good and Poor Fourth-Grade Readers.
Hansen, Jane; Pearson, P. David
Journal of Educational Psychology, v75 n6 p821-29 Dec 1983
To improve the inferential comprehension of good and poor fourth-grade readers (n=40), teachers provided instruction in (1) drawing inferences between new and existing knowledge, (2) discussing, prior to reading, events similar to the story, and (3) providing inferential questions to discuss after reading. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Models, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Strategies
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Inference Comprehension