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ERIC Number: EJ411144
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Prior Knowledge, Content-Related Attitude, Reading Comprehension: Testing Mathewson's Affective Model of Reading.
Hollingsworth, Paul M.; Reutzel, D. Ray
Journal of Educational Research, v83 n4 p194-99 Mar-Apr 1990
Quantitative results from a study involving 78 elementary students suggest that content-related attitudes do not significantly affect subjects' reading comprehension. However, qualitative results suggest that attitudes may affect reading comprehension in qualitatively different ways. (IAH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Models, Multivariate Analysis, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mathewson (G C)