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Download full textJohnston, Peter; Pearson, P. David – 1982
A study examined the effects of prior knowledge and the explicitness of text connectivity on various measures of reading ability. Subjects were 130 eighth grade students who read 6 prose passages that had been manipulated for content familiarity and for use of explicit connectives and implied connectives (those brought about by the author's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Connected Discourse, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
