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Jarvella, Robert J.; Sinnott, Joan – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Aaronson, Doris; Ferres, Steven – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Results of a study indicated that adults reading for retention spent more time focusing on syntactic structure, while those reading for immediate comprehension focused more of their time on semantic content. However, the children (fifth graders) used reading strategies that involved mixtures of both of the adult components. (SL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis
