The effects of headlines and summaries on news comprehension and recall

Reading and Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-106

  León, Jose A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Headline, summary; News article comprehension and recall; News article structure; Text comprehension; Young readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012613975     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007928221187     Document Type: Article

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