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Hall, Sophie Susannah; Maltby, John; Filik, Ruth; Paterson, Kevin B. – Educational Psychology, 2016
To explore the importance of text cohesion, we conducted two experiments. We measured online (reading times) and offline (comprehension accuracy) processes for texts that were high and low cohesion. In study one (n?=?60), we manipulated referential cohesion using noun repetition (high cohesion) and synonymy (low cohesion). Students showed enhanced…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Accuracy