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ERIC Number: EJ621019
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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Why Are Poor Comprehenders Inefficient Searchers? An Investigation into the Effects of Text Representation and Spatial Memory on the Ability To Locate Information in Text.
Cataldo, Maria Giulia; Oakhill, Jane
Journal of Educational Psychology, v92 n4 p791-99 Dec 2000
Investigates the relation between comprehension skill and the ability to locate information. Results reveal that good comprehenders were more efficient than poor comprehenders when they were required to locate specific pieces of information in a text. Findings suggest that good comprehenders' superior search strategy may arise because of their better memory for the order of events in a text. (Contains 24 references, 7 tables, and an appendix.) (Author/GCP)
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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