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Direct linkMensink, Michael C.; Kendeou, Panayiota; Rapp, David N. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
Compelling and interesting introductions are considered an important way of fostering reader engagement with expository-text content. But only a handful of projects have examined this prescriptive advice. In three experiments, we examined the effects of two different genres of introductions--narrative and expository--on comprehension and memory…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Literary Genres, Scientific Research, Scientific Literacy
