Effects of motivational and cognitive variables on reading comprehension

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-106

  Taboada, Ana ^a   Tonks, Stephen M ^b   Wigfield, Allan ^c   Guthrie, John T ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Background knowledge; Cognitive strategies; Comprehension; Comprehension growth; Internal motivation; Questioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349121022     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-008-9133-y     Document Type: Article

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