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Direct linkSmith, Emily R.; O'Brien, Edward J. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
Less skilled readers' comprehension often suffers because they have an impoverished representation of text in long-term memory; this, in turn, increases the difficulty of gaining access to backgrounded information necessary for maintaining coherence. The results of four experiments demonstrated that providing less skilled readers with additional…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Long Term Memory, Undergraduate Students
