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Peer reviewedIsakson, Carol; Spyridakis, Jan H. – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1999
Investigates the relationship of specific semantic and syntactic text characteristics to what information readers recall. Confirms that readers are more likely to recall more versus less important information and information in clauses, independent clauses, and first paragraphs. Suggests how writers can use these findings to help readers retain…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Semantics
