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8 - A general inference skill

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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Panayiota Kendeou
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Edward J. O'Brien ,
Anne E. Cook  and
Robert F. Lorch, Jr
Edward J. O'Brien
Affiliation:
University of New Hampshire
Anne E. Cook
Affiliation:
University of Utah
Robert F. Lorch, Jr
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
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Inferences during Reading , pp. 160 - 181
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