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ERIC Number: EJ294728
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Some Unexpected Issues in Prior Knowledge and Comprehension.
Lipson, Marjorie Youmans
Reading Teacher, v37 n8 p760-64 Apr 1984
Describes two studies showing that young readers may have trouble with comprehension when text contradicts their own prior knowledge. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Reading Research, Reading Strategies, Schemata (Cognition), Textbooks
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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