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Peer reviewedNorris, Stephen P.; Phillips, Linda M. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1994
Challenges the widely endorsed practice of activating relevant knowledge prior to reading. Outlines a perspectival (perspective-relative) view of reading and suggests that this view provides a means to make coherent sense of interpretations. Concludes that having specific knowledge is not the main desideratum in interpreting texts--the main…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Higher Education, Learning Processes
