Interactive processes in reading comprehensionFootnote∗

Preparation of this paper was supported by the Learning Research and Development Center, supported in part by funds from the National Institute of Education (NIE), United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Parts of this paper were presented at the 1977 meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development at a symposium on Discourse Comprehension: Levels of Analysis.

Reprints may be obtained from the first author at the University of Pittsburgh, Learning Research and Development Center, 3939 O'Hara Street Pittsburgh 15260.

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