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Original Articles

The effects of pre‐existing inappropriate highlighting on reading comprehension

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Pages 217-223 | Published online: 28 Jan 2010
 

Abstract

Highlighting relevant passages from textbooks has often been considered an effective encoding process tool. However, if a student rents a previously used textbook that contains inappropriate highlighting throughout the text, the inappropriate highlighting may interfere with reading comprehension. The present research addresses this concern. The effects of pre‐existing inappropriate highlighting were investigated in two experiments. Experiment

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