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Inferential Reading Abilities of Mildly Retarded and Average Students. Technical Report No. 311.

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Bos, Candace S.; Tierney, Robert J. – 1984

The inferential operations of mildly retarded students reading at the intermediate level were investigated using methods based on discourse comprehension theory. It was hypothesized that problems encountered in reading by these students were related to difficulties in generating logical inferences. Mildly retarded junior high school students and…

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing