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The Effects of Reader- and Text-Based Factors on Writers' and Readers' Perceptions of the Importance of Information in Expository Prose.
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Roller, Cathy M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1985
Describes four experiments that examined the influence of an information units' category membership, normative importance, and goal-relatedness on its perceived importance. Results suggest that category membership and goal-relatedness did affect perceptions of importance.(HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Influences, Information Processing, Knowledge Level
The Interaction of Knowledge and Structure Variables in the Processing of Expository Prose (Commentary).
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Roller, Cathy M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1990
Reviews research on the effects of world knowledge and text structure variables on reading comprehension. Concludes that text structure variables exert influence only when the subject matter is moderately unfamiliar and are redundant in reading familiar or very difficult material. Suggests knowledge and structure variables should be manipulated…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Prior Learning, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension