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ERIC Number: EJ258750
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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Strategic Processing of Text: An Investigation of the Effects on Adults' Question-Answering Performance.
Garner, Ruth; Alexander, Patricia
Journal of Educational Research, v75 n3 p144-48 Jan-Feb 1982
At intervals during the reading of an article, college students were asked to stop and state how they were preparing to answer an unspecified question about the article. Those students who had attempted to discern the question had significantly superior performance to those who had not devised such a strategy. (JN)
Descriptors: College Students, Expectation, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Response Style (Tests), Test Wiseness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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