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Peer reviewedKintsch, Walter – American Psychologist, 1994
Explores ways people learn from text. Content overlap between a text and the reader's prior knowledge is identified as one factor. Methods are proposed to identify whether a text is suitable for readers with a specific background. The usefulness of coherence gaps that stimulate constructive activities is discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Background, Coherence, Content Analysis
