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Direct linkTrevors, Gregory; Muis, Krista R. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
We investigated the online and offline effects of learner and instructional characteristics on conceptual change of a robust misconception in science. Fifty-nine undergraduate university students with misconceptions about evolution were identified as espousing evaluativist or non-evaluativist epistemic beliefs in science. Participants were…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics, Attitude Change, Scientific Attitudes
Peer reviewedBensoussan, Marsha – Journal of Research in Reading, 1990
Investigates the usefulness of using grammatical cohesion to evaluate the macro- or discourse-level, and the micro-level reading comprehension of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students. Finds a relationship between anaphora and coherence that contributes to reading difficulty. (MG)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis
