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Peer reviewedCoke, Esther U. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1977
To determine whether the connectedness of prose passages had any effect on the behavior of readers who searched for information in the passages, the behavior of readers who saw the normal arrangement of a passage was contrasted with the behavior of readers who saw the random arrangement of the passage. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Context Clues, Lexicology
Peer reviewedRankin, Joan L. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1993
Examines information-processing differences among four types of readers differing in reading comprehension and speed. Finds that good comprehenders outperformed poor comprehenders on all types of tasks, but the results were less clear for the high- and low-speed readers. Proposes differences in working memory as a source of individual differences…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences
