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Armbruster, Bonnie B.; Anderson, Thomas H. – 1981
Focusing on what authors can do to facilitate learning from content area textbooks, this report labels authors as "considerate," providing text that readers can understand with a minimum of cognitive effort, or as "inconsiderate," creating text that requires a conscientious, highly skilled effort if readers are to comprehend…
Descriptors: Authors, Check Lists, Cognitive Processes, Coherence