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Haenggi, Dieter; Perfetti, Charles A. – Discourse Processes, 1994
Investigates the reading comprehension skills of 34 college students, particularly the roles of basic reading processes and prior knowledge in understanding expository texts. Indicates that word identification and propositional encoding measures were related to individual differences in reading comprehension ability. (HB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education