Comprehension skill, inference-making ability, and their relation to knowledge
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- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 29 (6) , 850-859
Abstract
In this study we investigated the relation between young children’s comprehension skill and inferencemaking ability using a procedure that controlled individual differences in general knowledge...Keywords
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