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Peer reviewedSherman, Jay L. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1976
Study of effects of contextual information on prose reading comprehension showed that contextual information aids comprehension and retention of prose material, with the degree of recall dependent upon the type of information.
Descriptors: Context Clues, Higher Education, Prose, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedJenkins, Joseph R.; Bausell, R. Barker – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1976
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewedDavis, Kathleen A.; Walls, Richard T. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1989
Investigates retrieval and reporting of superordinate and subordinate concepts in oral or written recollections. Finds no differences in total number of superordinate, subordinate, or reader-generated ideas recalled; however, does find differences between oral and written recall, depending on initial or ending position of text information. (RS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
