Textual Coherence and the Development of Inferential Generation Skills

Studies second, fifth, eighth grade, and college undergraduate students' changes in the ability to draw inferences. Examines the generation process of the inferences. Finds that the ability to draw inferences increases with age; backward inferences are most likely to be drawn when the text is e...

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Published inJournal of research in reading Vol. 14; no. 2; p. 116
Main Authors Casteel, Mark A, Simpson, Greg B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1991
Subjects
Age Groups
Developmental Stages
Elementary Education
Grade 2
Grade 5
Grade 8
Higher Education
Inferences
Junior High Schools
Learning Processes
Reading Research
Reading Skills
Text Coherence
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:Studies second, fifth, eighth grade, and college undergraduate students' changes in the ability to draw inferences. Examines the generation process of the inferences. Finds that the ability to draw inferences increases with age; backward inferences are most likely to be drawn when the text is encoded; whereas forward inferences are most likely to be drawn at retrieval. (MG)
ISSN:0141-0423
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9817.1991.tb00013.x