Comprehending and Using Text Ideas: The Order of Processing as Affected by Reader Background and Style.

Steinley, Gary

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Publication Date: 1989

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Comprehending and Using Text Ideas: The Order of Processing as Affected by Reader Background and Style.

Steinley, Gary

Reading Horizons, v29 n3 p205-14 Spr 1989

Examines the processing order between the comprehension of a text and the use of comprehended ideas for such thinking tasks as comparing, evaluating, and problem solving. Finds that readers with limited background knowledge read in a more linear fashion than those with extensive background, who read in a parallel manner. (RS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Schemata (Cognition)

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