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Troyka, Lynn Quitman – 1980
Psycholinguistics, with its emphasis on language processes rather than products, is particularly compelling when applied to the search for underlying connections between reading and writing. One such connection is best stated in the following propositions about writing and learning to write: (1) at no time are the acts of reading and writing as…
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Prediction, Prior Learning
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Carver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1992
Examines previous studies of the effects of prediction activities, prior knowledge, and text type upon reading comprehension. Finds the three elements unimportant to ordinary reading. Observes that many schema theory concepts arose from analysis of difficult reading. Suggests that the schema theory variables may arise only in atypical reading…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Memorization, Prediction, Prior Learning