Effect of Sentence Complexity on the Reading Comprehension of Syntactic Structures.

Richek, Margaret Ann

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Publication Date: 1976

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Effect of Sentence Complexity on the Reading Comprehension of Syntactic Structures

Richek, Margaret Ann

Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 6, 800-6, Dec 76

Investigates how performance on syntactic structures is affected by the complexity of the surrounding sentence. To investigate possible relationships, two classifications of syntactic structures were tested in both simple and complex sentences. (RC)

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary School Students, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Sentence Structure, Sentences, Syntax

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