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ERIC Number: EJ638730
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
A New Tool for Measuring and Understanding Individual Differences in the Component Process of Reading Comprehension.
Hannon, Brenda; Daneman, Meredyth
Journal of Educational Psychology, v93 n1 p103-28 Mar 2001
Proposes a new measure of individual differences in reading comprehension ability. Components of the task predict performance on a test of global reading comprehension and on a range of specific comprehension tests. Asserts that the task is better at predicting reading comprehension than is a typical working memory span task. (Contains 76 references, 14 tables, and an appendix.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Tests
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada