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Author Yuill, Nicola.

Title Children's problems in text comprehension : an experimental investigation / Nicola Yuill and Jane Oakhill
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991

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Description xii, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge monographs and texts in applied psycholinguistics
Cambridge monographs and texts in applied psycholinguistics.
Contents The nature of poor comprehension -- Background : reading, remembering and understanding -- Processing words and sentences -- Inferences and the integration of text -- Allocating resources during reading -- Metacognition and reading -- Using cohesive devices in narrative discourse -- Methods of improving poor comprehension -- Conclusions
Analysis Children Language skills Acquisition Semantic aspects
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and indexes
Subject Learning, Psychology of.
Reading comprehension.
Reading disability.
Author Oakhill, Jane.
LC no. 90024682
ISBN 0521353246