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Peer reviewedLeinhardt, Gaea; Young, Kathleen McCarthy – Cognition and Instruction, 1996
Compared reading practices of historians reading highly familiar texts with those reading familial but unfamiliar texts. Found that:(1) historians read intertextually, using general document-reading knowledge, including identification and interpretation schemata; (2) general knowledge interacts with topic-specific expertise; (3) identification and…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Historians, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
