An analysis of story comprehension through spoken and written summaries in school-age children

Reading and Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-53

  Vieiro, Pilar ^a   García Madruga, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discourse schemata; Reading comprehension; Spoken summary; Strategies; Written summary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041700374     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007932429184     Document Type: Article

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