Research on Children's Main Idea Comprehension: A Problem of Ecological Validity.

Baumann, James F.

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Publication Date: 1982

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Research on Children's Main Idea Comprehension: A Problem of Ecological Validity.

Baumann, James F.

Reading Psychology, v3 n2 p167-77 Apr-Jun 1982

Discusses the generalizability of educational research and uses the area of main idea comprehension to illustrate how a line of research can be overgeneralized and lead to unfounded conclusions and pedagogical implications. (FL)

Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Research Problems, Validity

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Language: English

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