The influence of topic knowledge, external strategy use, and college experience on students' comprehension of controversial texts

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Kobayashi, Keiichi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

College experience; Comprehension; Controversial texts; External strategy use; Intertextual relations; Multiple texts; Topic knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951268674     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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