The Effect of

Oded, Brenda; Stavans, Anat

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ERIC Number: EJ501408

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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The Effect of "False" Schema Activation on the Construction of Meaning.

Oded, Brenda; Stavans, Anat

System, v22 n4 p497-507 Nov 1994

Examines the effects of an imposed schema on the reader's comprehension of a text. Both a correct and a false schema were imposed on the subjects in the form of comprehension questions geared to one of two points of view. Subjects were 177 English-as-a-foreign-language university students. The implications for teachers of reading comprehension are discussed. (Author/CK)

Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Data Collection, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Questionnaires, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Research Methodology, Schemata (Cognition), Second Language Instruction, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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