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Inferential Comprehension

Inferential Comprehension is a level of reading comprehension in which the reader constructs meaning that is not explicitly stated in the text by generating logical inferences that integrate textual information with prior knowledge to establish implied relations, causes, and states.

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1.6K

Authors

595

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2017–2026

129

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Contextual prerequisites for understanding: Some investigations of comprehension and recall

John D. Bransford, Marcia K. Johnson · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1972 · 2.2K citations

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Effects of beliefs about the nature of knowledge on comprehension.

Marlene Schommer · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1990 · 2.1K citations

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The Role of Involvement in Attention and Comprehension Processes

Richard L. Celsi, Jerry C. Olson · Journal of Consumer Research · 1988 · 2.1K citations

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Are Good Texts Always Better? Interactions of Text Coherence, Background Knowledge, and Levels of Understanding in Learning From Text

Danielle S. McNamara, Eileen Kintsch, Nancy Butler Songer et al. · Cognition and Instruction · 1996 · 1.3K citations

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What do we mean by prediction in language comprehension?

Gina R. Kuperberg, T. Florian Jaeger · Language Cognition and Neuroscience · 2015 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

1.6K

  1. PV
    Paul van den Broek

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    20 publications · 2K citations

    16

    h-index

  2. AC
    Arthur C. Graesser

    University of Memphis, United States

    14 publications · 2.2K citations

    14

    h-index

  3. EJ
    Edward J. O’Brien

    University of New Hampshire, United States

    15 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

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  4. MS
    Murray Singer

    University of Manitoba, Canada

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

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  5. DS
    Danielle S. McNamara

    Arizona State University, United States

    13 publications · 3.8K citations

    13

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Institutions

595

  1. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    16 h-index

    36 publications

    4K citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    24 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    4.9K citations

  5. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    14 h-index

    39 publications

    4.1K citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    1.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Discourse Processes

    DP · 84 publications · 6.4K citations

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  2. 33

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  3. Journal of Educational Psychology

    37 publications · 6.1K citations

    26

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  4. Child Development

    27 publications · 1.8K citations

    25

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  5. Reading Research Quarterly

    RRQ · 21 publications · 1.1K citations

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