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Freebody, Peter; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1986
Indicates that membership in pausing and skimming clusters appears to relate to text comprehension, grade level, and rated academic ability, but that these relationships are not all simple or direct. Finds that the cluster-analytic approach provides a useful empirical adjunct to current theoretical perspectives on text analysis and reading…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cluster Analysis, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis