Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ305775
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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Children's Reading Rate and Retention as a Function of the Number of Propositions in a Text.
Keenan, Janice M.; Brown, Polly
Child Development, v55 n4 p1556-69 Aug 1984
Examines the differences between beginning and skilled readers in the units used to represent the meaning of text. Compares reading times and recall of 50 third- and fifth-graders. Stimulus sentences all had the same number of words but varied in the number of underlying propositions. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Rate, Recall (Psychology), Sentences, Silent Reading
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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