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Children's Reading Rate and Retention as a Function of the Number of Propositions in a Text.

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Keenan, Janice M.; Brown, Polly – Child Development, 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

Automaticity, Retrieval Processes, and Reading: A Longitudinal Study in Average and Impaired Readers.

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Wolf, Maryanne; And Others – Child Development, 1986

Studies the development of word-retrieval speed and its relationship to reading in 72 average and 11 severely impaired readers in kindergarten through the second grade. (HOD)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis