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Download full textThompson, Dennis N.; And Others – 1986
A study was conducted to investigate ways in which reading comprehension could be instructionally influenced and whether that influence differentially affected young and elderly adult learners. The study attempted, too, to determine whether advance organizers--instructional aids designed to precede a main passage and to provide an organizational…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Advance Organizers, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
