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Lyytinen, Sirkka; Lehto, Juhani E. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Memory