Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension
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RUNNING HEAD: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES Individual Differences that Influence Reading Comprehension
Theories about reading have moved away from viewing the reader as a passive recipient of textual input, as a tabula rasa upon which the author sketches his or her message. Under this view, reading comprehension is easily explained by the success of the textual input entering and staying intact within the mind of the reader. Adopting this view, some character educators can assert that reading mo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Reading Behavior
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0022-4111
DOI: 10.1080/10862967009546921