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Overcoming Misconceptions in Science: An On-Line Study of Prior Knowledge Activation.
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Hynd, Cynthia R.; Alverman, Donna E. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1989
Examines how readers overcome their misconceptions about the principles of motion. Finds that students overcome misconceptions when their prior knowledge is activated, regardless of whether they read text that supports or refutes those misconceptions. Finds that students using several processing strategies have an advantage over students using…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Processes, Misconceptions, Prior Learning
Learning from Texts that Refute the Reader's Prior Knowledge.
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Maria, Katherine; MacGinitie, Walter – Reading Research and Instruction, 1987
Describes a study of the effect of incongruent prior knowledge on fifth- and sixth-graders' text comprehension, indicating that text structures that explicitly contrasted the reader's misconception with the correct information were more effective than those that simply gave correct information. (HTH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 5, Grade 6, Prior Learning
The Textbook and Three Content-Area Teachers.
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Hinchman, Kathleen – Reading Research and Instruction, 1987
Describes a study of content area textbook use, in which three teachers' explanations of their use of textbooks differed from those derived from observations, and that this ambiguity may serve to confuse students. (HTH)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
The Role of Underlining and Annotating in Remembering Textual Information.
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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