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Peer reviewedCasteel, Mark A.; Simpson, Greg B. – Journal of Research in Reading, 1991
Studies second, fifth, eighth grade, and college undergraduate students' changes in the ability to draw inferences. Examines the generation process of the inferences. Finds that the ability to draw inferences increases with age; backward inferences are most likely to be drawn when the text is encoded; whereas forward inferences are most likely to…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Grade 2
