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Peer reviewedCasteel, Mark A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1997
Studied text interpretation in four experiments with second and fourth graders, manipulating several story variables. Found that both groups were skilled at providing two text interpretations, although second graders were more likely than fourth graders to use extra-story information in their second interpretations. Subjects' first interpretations…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Ambiguity, Children, Reader Text Relationship
