The effects of instruction on situation model construction: An eye fixation study on text comprehension in primary school children

Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 817-835

  van der Schoot, Menno ^a   Horsley, Tako M ^a   van Lieshout, Ernest C D M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Eye fixations; Instruction; Reading comprehension; Situation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957055828     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2010.510600     Document Type: Article

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