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Wehrle, Phyllis M. – 1985
To determine how much prior knowledge affects students' performance on a reading comprehension test, a study was undertaken to examine the prior knowledge factor in a reading competency test developed for college freshmen in New Jersey. The passages used in this test are based on common, everyday topics. Subjects were students in two sections of a…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension