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Peer reviewedRowan, Katherine E. – Written Communication, 1990
Identifies a particular class of explanatory discourse, and proposes hypotheses about the types of knowledge likely to be associated with skill in this genre. Finds that variations in accuracy and adaptiveness of students' explanations were partially accounted for by measures of topic knowledge, social cognition, and discourse knowledge. (MG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, Expository Writing, Higher Education
