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Vipond, Douglas, And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1987
Examines whether "social reading" can facilitate literary engagement. Indicates that social readers made a greater attempt to convey meaning than did nonsocial readers, but were less engaged with the text as literary discourse. (SKC)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Higher Education, Reader Response, Reading Comprehension

Nist, Sherrie L.; Hogrebe, Mark C. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1987
Explores opposing theoretical views on the effects of text underlining and reports on a study of 67 college freshmen. Finds that the subjects who generated their own underlining did not perform significantly better than those who were given experimenter-generated marking. (SKC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Critical Reading, Higher Education