The prediction of reading comprehension by cognitive and motivational factors: Does text accessibility during comprehension testing make a difference?

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-54

  Schaffner, Ellen ^a   Schiefele, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Current motivation; Metacognitive strategy knowledge; Prior knowledge; Reading comprehension; Reasoning ability; Test anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878134837     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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