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Download full textTyler, Andrea; Nagy, William E. – 1985
Knowledge of derivational morphology can aid readers in the analysis and acquisition of new vocabulary, in lexical access, and in establishing the syntactic structure of sentences. A study investigated good and poor readers' knowledge and use of derivational suffixes in establishing sentence level syntax. Subjects, 123 10th and 11th grade…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Knowledge Level, Morphology (Languages), Reading Ability
Peer reviewedAnderson, Ora Sterling; Acker, Rose L. – Reading World, 1984
Replicates a 1977 study and reaches similar conclusions: specifically, that schematic interpretations have a high relationship to prior knowledge. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
Marr, Mary Beth – 1983
With the use of verbal report strategies, a study was conducted to examine (1) the types of comprehension strategies readers use to process familiar and less familiar texts and (2) the differential use of think aloud strategies by average and below average readers. Subjects were 15 tenth grade male students in upstate New York. Two weeks prior to…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Grade 10
