The Relationship between Reading Proficiency, Background Knowledge, and Inferencing Strategies [microform] / Linda Phillips-Riggs.

A study tested a theory of inferencing strategies. Subjects were 40 sixth grade students of average intelligence from a large Western Canadian city who were divided according to reading proficiency and background knowledge. Six passages, three familiar to the students and three unfamiliar to them, w...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Phillips-Riggs, Linda
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1981.
Subjects:	Grade 6. Intermediate Grades. Prior Learning. Reading Comprehension. Reading Processes. Reading Research. Reading Skills.