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Download full textBock, J. Kathryn; Brewer, William F. – 1985
Discourse comprehension involves readers or listeners in constructing mental models using local text information, global text structures, and their general knowledge of the world. An analysis of the literature on children's understanding of spoken discourse reveals that young children are capable of forming mental models from texts, but that their…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
