A Reexamination of Effects of Reader- and Text-Based Factors on Priority Judgments in Expository Prose.

Swoope, Karen F.; Johnson, Carole Schulte

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Publication Date: 1988

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A Reexamination of Effects of Reader- and Text-Based Factors on Priority Judgments in Expository Prose.

Swoope, Karen F.; Johnson, Carole Schulte

Journal of Educational Research, v82 n1 p5-9 Sep-Oct 1988

Results of a study which partially replicated Roller's study of the effects of text-based (text structure) and reader-based (previous knowledge) factors on judgments of importance in exposition, suggest that ratings may be a more sensitive and dependable index of importance judgments than written summaries. (IAH)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Education Majors, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Retention (Psychology), Text Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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