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Boyer, Jean-Yves – 1990
A study investigated whether or not the global structure of a text influences its readability and how that influence might be related to the already recognized influences of vocabulary and sentence length. The subjects, 250 fourth-grade students in Quebec, each read four texts representing four different structures, four subjects, and two levels…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Peer reviewedEmerson, Harriet F.; Gekoski, William L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1980
The comprehension of sentences with "because" or "if" was investigated in children aged 2, 9-11, and 11. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Education
