Processing Components of College-Level Reading Comprehension.

Haenggi, Dieter; Perfetti, Charles A.

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ERIC Number: EJ489284

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Processing Components of College-Level Reading Comprehension.

Haenggi, Dieter; Perfetti, Charles A.

Discourse Processes, v17 n1 p83-104 Jan-Feb 1994

Investigates the reading comprehension skills of 34 college students, particularly the roles of basic reading processes and prior knowledge in understanding expository texts. Indicates that word identification and propositional encoding measures were related to individual differences in reading comprehension ability. (HB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Prior Learning, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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