According to research by Doctorow, Wittrock, and Marks, students who were asked to write a summary of text they read:

a. performed better on subsequent comprehension tests than students who were not told to write summaries
b. performed worse on subsequent comprehension tests than students who were not told to write summaries
c. performed about the same on subsequent comprehension tests as students who were not told to write summaries
d. performed better on subsequent comprehension tests than students who were not told to write summaries for poor readers but not for good readers


A

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What will be an ideal response?

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