Kintsch's model of comprehension says that when students have no schema stored in their memories about a topic-—or have a partial one--they may have difficulty understanding written text about that topic. Why?

A. This is an indication that they only have prior knowledge about the topic.
B. They have understanding of deep structure but not of surface structure.
C. The text information is too "new" for them.
D. They must focus on macrostructure.


C

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