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ERIC Number: EJ391456
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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A Reexamination of Effects of Reader- and Text-Based Factors on Priority Judgments in Expository Prose.
Swoope, Karen F.; Johnson, Carole Schulte
Journal of Educational Research, v82 n1 p5-9 Sep-Oct 1988
Results of a study which partially replicated Roller's study of the effects of text-based (text structure) and reader-based (previous knowledge) factors on judgments of importance in exposition, suggest that ratings may be a more sensitive and dependable index of importance judgments than written summaries. (IAH)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Education Majors, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Retention (Psychology), Text Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Roller (C M)