Improving comprehension through discourse processing

New Directions for Teaching and Learning

Volumn 2002, Issue 89, 2002, Pages 33-44

  Graesser, Arthur C ^a   Person, Natalie K ^b   Hu, Xiangen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84878387395     PISSN: 02710633     EISSN: 15360768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tl.45     Document Type: Article

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