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reverse cohesion effect: a standalone construct

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Reading research

the finding that readers with high background knowledge can learn more deeply from a less cohesive text because filling its gaps forces active inference.

In reading research, reverse cohesion effect refers to the finding that readers with high background knowledge can learn more deeply from a less cohesive text because filling its gaps forces active inference. This meaning comes from McNamara (1996) in Cognition and Instruction.[1]

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active inference1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct cognition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs cohesion4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

McNamara, D. S., Kintsch, E., Songer, N. B., & Kintsch, W. (1996). Are Good Texts Always Better? Interactions of Text Coherence, Background Knowledge, and Levels of Understanding in Learning From Text. Cognition and Instruction, 14(1), 1-43. https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532690xci1401_1

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