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| Context Effect | 1 |
| Grade 8 | 1 |
| History Textbooks | 1 |
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| Konopak, Bonnie C. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedKonopak, Bonnie C. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1988
Examines differences in eighth graders' vocabulary learning from two history text passages with two versions of contextual information. Finds that the "considerate" text characteristics of proximity, connectivity, explicitness, and completeness were important in increasing comprehension. (MM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Context Effect, Grade 8, History Textbooks
