Prior Knowledge Affects Text Search Success and Extraction of Information.

Symons, Sonya; Pressley, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ466665

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Prior Knowledge Affects Text Search Success and Extraction of Information.

Symons, Sonya; Pressley, Michael

Reading Research Quarterly, v28 n3 p250-61 Jul-Sep 1993

Assesses the impact of prior knowledge on locating information in textbooks. Finds that search efficiency varied with the state of prior knowledge. Finds no group differences in search in a textbook for which there were no systematic group differences in prior knowledge. (RS)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Prior Learning, Reading Research, Search Strategies, Textbooks

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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