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Peer reviewedMcConkie, G. W.; Meyer, Bonnie J. F. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1974
Replicates the McConkie and Rayner study (1974) in which the strategies of college students were manipulated through the use of payoff conditions. (RB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education, Reading Rate
Peer reviewedMeyer, Bonnie J. F.; Talbot, Andrew P.; Florencio, Dayze – Scientific Studies of Reading, 1999
Presents finding of two studies designed to test the theory that limitations in working memory pose a lower limit to reading rate for effective prose recall. Tests college students, young adults and older adults, finding no evidence to support the theory. (NH)
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Learning Processes, Memory
