Comprehension, Metacomprehension, and Instructional Implications for College Students.

Castleberry, K. Sue

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Publication Date: 1984

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Comprehension, Metacomprehension, and Instructional Implications for College Students.

Castleberry, K. Sue

Reading World, v23 n3 p204-08 Mar 1984

Notes that by examining the interactive processes involved in comprehending, researchers are concluding that readers use their prior knowledge to actively construct meaning from printed material. Reviews research in metacomprehension and discusses its implications for college reading instruction. (FL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Schemata (Cognition)

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