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Making Up Facts
Wednesday, September 30, 2009I think I'll stop reading Willingham if he persists in making stuff up.
He writes, "Prior knowledge is vital to comprehension because writers omit information. For example, suppose you read “He just got a new puppy. His landlord is angry.” You easily understand the logical connection between those sentences because you know things about puppies."
It is no such thing. The two sentences have the form ...
Original article from http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post.html
He writes, "Prior knowledge is vital to comprehension because writers omit information. For example, suppose you read “He just got a new puppy. His landlord is angry.” You easily understand the logical connection between those sentences because you know things about puppies."
It is no such thing. The two sentences have the form ...
Original article from http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post.html
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