Designating reader perspective to increase comprehension and interest

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-227

  Ramsay, Crystal M ^a   Sperling, Rayne A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content area reading; Interest; Reading comprehension; Text processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953807068     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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