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Vieira, Edward T., Jr.; Grantham, Susan – Reading Psychology, 2011
This study examined how global locus of control influences children's reading engagement or reading involvement and interest in stories. It is based on locus of control, interest, and dual information processing theories. One hundred and seventy students from schools in the northeastern United States, ages 9 to 12, participated. They completed a…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Elementary School Students, Predictor Variables, Reading Interests
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Gunn, T. M. – Reading Psychology, 2008
This study investigated whether structured or unstructured questioning strategies, combined with two levels of domain knowledge and text coherence, significantly affect text memory and text learning. Results of this study suggest that high domain knowledge and structured questioning strategies are the most reliable predictors of text memory and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Questioning Techniques, Interaction, Memory