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Peer reviewedSamuels, S. Jay; Naslund, Jan Carol – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Reviews research on lexical access (the process of getting information about a word from a mental dictionary). Discusses implications for comprehension development. Suggests that individual differences in comprehension depend on speed of lexical access as well as on speed of decoding. (SR)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedKeefe, Donald – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Contains part of the Keefe Inventory of Silent Reading, a silent informal reading inventory. Presents a case study of a student to whom it was administered, including analysis of this individual's reading ability and description of the specific strategies used with this individual on the basis of the results of the inventory. (RS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedMulcahy-Ernt, Patricia I.; Ryshkewitch, Suzanne – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Investigates the types and depths of cognitive complexity that 11th-grade readers of high, average, and low reading ability exhibited when given either text-based comprehension questions or reader-based journal response writing assignments. Finds significant differences between the groups in type and depth of cognitive complexity, engagement with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Grade 11, Journal Writing
