Answers to Why-Questions Expose the Organization of Story Plot and Predict Recall of Actions.

Graesser, Arthur, C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ217921

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980-Feb

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Answers to Why-Questions Expose the Organization of Story Plot and Predict Recall of Actions.

Graesser, Arthur, C.; And Others

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, v19 n1 p110-19 Feb 1980

Describes a question-answering procedure for probing the reader's internal representation of prose. Examines two dimensions of a reader's conceptual organization of plot: hierarchical level and relational density of propositions. (PMJ)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Connected Discourse, Decoding (Reading), Discourse Analysis, Language Processing, Memory, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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