Reading Ability and Use of a Story Schema in Recalling and Reconstructing Information

Reading Ability and Use of a Story Schema in Recalling and Reconstructing Information

The differences between good and poor readers using story schema in recall and reconstruction tasks was examined. Results showed that good and poor readers could use a story schema when the story followed canonical format. Conclusions supported the view that poor readers perform quite differently fr...

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Published in:Journal of Educational Psychology Vol. 78; no. 5; p. 323
Main Authors: Rahman, Taslima, Bisanz, Gay L
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 1986
Subjects:
Cognitive Processes
Cues
Grade 6
Intermediate Grades
Learning Strategies
Reading Ability
Reading Comprehension
Reading Difficulties
Recall (Psychology)
Story Reading
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Summary:The differences between good and poor readers using story schema in recall and reconstruction tasks was examined. Results showed that good and poor readers could use a story schema when the story followed canonical format. Conclusions supported the view that poor readers perform quite differently from younger normal children. (Author/JAZ)