Roles of Document Structure, Cognitive Strategy, and Awareness in Searching for Information.

Guthrie, John T.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ431059

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Roles of Document Structure, Cognitive Strategy, and Awareness in Searching for Information.

Guthrie, John T.; And Others

Reading Research Quarterly, v26 n3 p300-24 1991

Examines, in two studies, the cognitive processes involved in locating specific information in a document, such as a table or directory. Concludes that efficient search is a matter of selective inspection to retrieve information relevant to specific goals. (SR)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Metacognition, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Search Strategies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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