Comprehension of Expository Text : A Line Graph Helps Readers to Build a Situation Model

Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 333-342

  Iwatsuki, Keiko ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comprehension of expository text; Deep understanding; Line graph; Situation model; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034554217     PISSN: 00215015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5926/jjep1953.48.3_333     Document Type: Article

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