A Trading Relationship between Reading Skill and Domain Knowledge in Children's Text Comprehension.

Adams, Beverly Colwell; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ517656

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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A Trading Relationship between Reading Skill and Domain Knowledge in Children's Text Comprehension.

Adams, Beverly Colwell; And Others

Discourse Processes, v20 n3 p307-23 Nov-Dec 1995

Investigates the relative contribution and trade-off effects of children's knowledge and reading skill in text comprehension. Finds that domain knowledge and reading skill can be traded in order to achieve similar levels of comprehension. Suggests that reading skill compensates for deficient knowledge and specific knowledge compensates for deficient reading ability. (RS)

Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Prior Learning, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Achievement, Reading Research, Reading Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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