S0230 · trabasso_omanson_warren_1978_knowledge · registry identity

Knowledge and reading differences in children

Trabasso · 1978

study independent2 occurrences across 2 books · load 4

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P01 — There is no general reading-comprehension skill — nor a general critical-thinking skill — that operates independently of knowledge of the…

P05 — Learning is cumulative: what a student can learn next is constrained by what they already know, so early differences in knowledge compoun…

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Every occurrence, grouped by book and chapter, with the claim it was linked to support and (where the extraction regenerated one) the underlying warrant.

1987 · Cultural Literacy

Research by T. Trabasso on reading ability differences between five-year-olds and eight-year-olds regarding background knowledge.

direct Differences in reading ability between five-year-olds and eight-year-olds are caused primarily by the older children's possession of more knowledge.

ch 2 · empirical_study · cl:ch2_E23

Warrant (explicit): Age-related improvements in complex cognitive tasks are primarily a function of accumulated information rather than the physiological maturation of the brain's processing hardware.

could fail ifThe development of executive functions like working memory capacity and inhibitory control, which mature significantly between ages five and eight, may be the actual driver of reading gains.

2022 · American Ethnicity

A study showing that reading differences between 5 and 8-year-olds are based on knowledge rather than cognitive capacity.

direct Differences in reading ability are not caused by differences in memory capacities, reasoning abilities, or eye movement control.

ch 7 · empirical_study · ae:ch7_E16

Warrant (implicit): If reading performance differences between age groups disappear when controlling for relevant topic knowledge, then cognitive architecture is less decisive than domain knowledge for literacy.

could fail ifThe study might not account for developmental differences in linguistic processing speed that correlate with age regardless of knowledge levels.

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R. C. Omanson, W. H. Warren, and T. Trabasso (1978)