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Children's Use of Prior Knowledge and Experience in Making Sense of Informational Text.
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Cote, Nathalie; And Others – 1995
A study examined how elementary school children spontaneously construct meaning when reading informational text. In particular, the study explored: what kinds of knowledge they draw on and how they use it to help them understand what they read; and how does what they do influence what they recall. Twenty-nine 6th graders from two elementary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition