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The Operation of Text Structure and Content Schemata in Isolation and in Interaction.
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Ohlhausen, 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
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