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Peer reviewedWade, Suzanne E.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1993
Investigates how interest and importance interact to affect the strategy use and recall of skilled readers. Finds that readers acted strategically, except when they encountered seductive details: subjects spent a great deal of time on seductive details, even though they considered them highly memorable and unimportant. (RS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Reading Strategies
