The interaction between textual structures and prior knowledge: Hypotheses, data and simulations

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-31

  Caillies, Stéphanie ^a   Denhière, Guy ^b  

^a Enseignante Universitaire SHS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Causality; Prior knowledge; Simulation; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035263782     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03172992     Document Type: Article

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