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Peer reviewedOhlhausen, Marilyn M.; Roller, Cathy M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1988
Reports on a study which examined children's and adults' use of text structure and content schemata in isolation and as they interact. Indicates that subjects' ability to select appropriate schemata supported the validity of both schema types. Also finds that structure and content schemata interact with schooling and text to influence processing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Cognitive Development, Preadolescents
Peer reviewedRoller, 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
