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Trabasso, Tom – 1989
A study examined how global coherence in story comprehension develops in children through causal inference. Stories of contrasting structure were analyzed by a causal network model. Evidence of parallels between the construction of coherent representations and the development of the story understanding is presented. Data show that children…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Coherence
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Direct linkRobertson, Judy; Good, Judith – TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 2005
Playing computer games is an extremely popular leisure activity for children. In fact, the computer games market in the UK is now double that of the video rental market, and substantially larger than cinema box office sales, and under people under the age of 18 make up 38% of these game players. Based on the popularity and strong motivational…
Descriptors: Games, Computers, Foreign Countries, Student Motivation
