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Expository Text Understanding

Expository Text Understanding is a cognitive comprehension process that involves constructing a mental representation of information presented in expository texts by identifying and integrating explicit content, organizational structures, and domain-specific concepts to achieve coherent understanding distinct from narrative or procedural text comprehension.

415

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36K

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726

Authors

304

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

49

Variants

Expository Text Comprehension

Parents

Publications

415

Handbook of reading research

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 6.9K citations · Full text

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Eliciting self-explanations improves understanding,

Cognitive Science · 1994 · 2.1K citations

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Eliciting Self‐Explanations Improves Understanding

Michelene T.H., Nicholas De Leeuw, Mei‐Hung Chiu et al. · Cognitive Science · 1994 · 726 citations · Full text

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Handbook of Reading Research

Timothy V. Rasinski, D. Ray Reutzel, David J. Chard et al. · 2010 · 537 citations

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Primary grade writing instruction: A national survey.

Laura Cutler, Steve Graham · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2008 · 519 citations

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Authors

726

  1. IB
    Ivar Bråten

    University of Oslo, Norway

    8 publications · 974 citations

    9

    h-index

  2. RG
    Ruth Garner

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    8 publications · 658 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. CS
    Carol Sue Englert

    Michigan State University, United States

    8 publications · 778 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. DS
    Danielle S. McNamara

    Arizona State University, United States

    7 publications · 1K citations

    7

    h-index

  5. PA
    Patricia A. Alexander

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    7 publications · 619 citations

    7

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1–5 of 726

Institutions

304

  1. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    889 citations

  3. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Turku

    Turku, Finland

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    256 citations

  7. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    3.1K citations

  8. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    620 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    40 publications · 3.6K citations

    27

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  2. Reading Research Quarterly

    RRQ · 20 publications · 2.3K citations

    20

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  3. The Reading Teacher

    RT · 15 publications · 580 citations

    15

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  4. Discourse Processes

    DP · 14 publications · 1.8K citations

    13

    h-index

  5. Reading Psychology

    RP · 11 publications · 920 citations

    11

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