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Direct linkElleman, Amy M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Inference ability is considered central to discourse processing and has been shown to be important across models of reading comprehension. To evaluate the impact of inference instruction, a meta-analysis of 25 inference studies in Grades K-12 was conducted. Results showed that inference instruction was effective for increasing students' general…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Instructional Effectiveness
Siler, Stephanie Ann; Klahr, David – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
One obstacle to understanding abstract concepts such as the "control of variables" strategy (CVS) is the tendency for learners to focus on surface rather than deep features in instructional materials. However, in tasks such as learning CVS, these same surface features may also support understanding, provided learners realize the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Learning, Science Experiments, Research Design
