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Peer reviewedNewell, George E.; Winograd, Peter – Written Communication, 1989
Examines the effects of various writing tasks (notetaking, answering study questions, and essay writing) on learning, using recall of specific text elements and recall of the theme or gist of expository writing. Finds that students' topic knowledge, passage content structure, and the nature of the task influence students' text comprehension. (MM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Effect, Expository Writing, Reading Comprehension
