Literal and Inferential Comprehension--Separate Skills?.

Friend, Peter

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Publication Date: 1980-Jul

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Literal and Inferential Comprehension--Separate Skills?

Friend, Peter

Reading, v14 n2 p18-23 Jul 1980

Results of an informal experiment conducted with five seven-year-olds and three nine-year-olds suggest that being able to infer well from a piece of reading material does not necessarily prevent children from making mistakes at the level of literal comprehension. (GT)

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Performance, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research

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