Pearson et al. asked second graders to read a passage about spiders and then tested them on text-implicit and text-explicit questions. Results showed:
a. high-prior knowledge learners performed better than low-prior knowledgelearners especially on text-implicit questions
b. high-prior knowledge learners performed better than low-prior knowledgelearners especially on text-explicit questions
c. high-prior knowledge learners performed about the same as low-prior knowledge learners on both types of questions
d. high-prior knowledge learners enjoyed reading the passage more than low-prior knowledge learners
A
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