Contextual Information and Prose Comprehension.

Sherman, Jay L.

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ERIC Number: EJ156880

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Publication Date: 1976

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Contextual Information and Prose Comprehension

Sherman, Jay L.

Journal of Reading Behavior, 8, 4, 369-79, Win 76

Study of effects of contextual information on prose reading comprehension showed that contextual information aids comprehension and retention of prose material, with the degree of recall dependent upon the type of information.

Descriptors: Context Clues, Higher Education, Prose, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology)

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