Interests and strategies of young and old readers differentially interact with characteristics of texts

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 747-771

  Meyer, Bonnie J F ^a   Talbot, Andrew ^a   Stubblefield, R Allen ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 22444453181     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360127980240803     Document Type: Article

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