Hierarchy Rating as a Measure of Text Macroprocessing: Relationship with Working Memory and School Achievement.

Lyytinen, Sirkka; Lehto, Juhani E.

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ERIC Number: EJ590400

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Publication Date: 1998

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Hierarchy Rating as a Measure of Text Macroprocessing: Relationship with Working Memory and School Achievement.

Lyytinen, Sirkka; Lehto, Juhani E.

Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v18 n2 p157-69 Jun 1998

Investigates expository text macroprocessing and its relationship to working memory and school achievement by using a hierarchy-rating test. Indicates that the ability to identify expository text topics and main points are connected to Working Memory (WM). Finds that hierarchy-rating and multiple-choice task are strongly related to school achievement. (CMK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Memory, Models, Reading Comprehension, Secondary Education, Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Finland

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