Processing demands of reading comprehension tests in young readers

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 354-367

  Kendeou, Panayiota ^a   Papadopoulos, Timothy C ^b   Spanoudis, George ^b  

^a NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY PAFOS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cognitive demands; Reading comprehension tests; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862773148     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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