Prediction of learning and comprehension when adolescents read multiple texts: The roles of word-level processing, strategic approach, and reading motivation

Reading and Writing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-348

  Bråten, Ivar ^a   Ferguson, Leila E ^a   Anmarkrud, Øistein ^a   Strømsø, Helge I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Intertextual reading strategies; Multiple text reading; Reading motivation; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873748288     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-012-9371-x     Document Type: Article

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