Referential Coherence and Test Structure in Story Comprehension.

Cirilo, Randolph K.

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ERIC Number: EJ247261

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Publication Date: 1981-Jun

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Referential Coherence and Test Structure in Story Comprehension.

Cirilo, Randolph K.

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, v20 n3 p358-67 Jun 1981

Presents study focusing on creation of referential ties during comprehension and the effect of a text's global structure on this process. Results show that manipulations of distance between two referentially linked propositions and the structural height of the earlier proposition influence the ease with which comprehension occurs. (Author/BK)

Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Memory, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Undergraduate Students

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Language: English

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