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Anderson, R.C., Goetz, E.T., Pichert, J.W., & Halff, H.M. 1977. Two faces of the conceptual peg hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 3, 142-149.

Anderson, R.C., & Kulhavy, R.W. 1972. Imagery and prose learning. Joural of Educational Psychology, 63, 242-243.

Arlin, nM., Scott, M., & Webster, J. 1978-1979. The effects of pictures on rate of learning sight words: A critique of the focal attention hypothesis. Reading Research Quarterly, 14, 645-658.

Bartlett, F.C. 1995. Remembering. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (Original work published in 1932)

Clark, J.M., & Paivio, A. 1991. Dual coding theory and education. Educational Psychology Review, 3, 149-210.

Cramer, E.H. 1980. Mental imagery, reading attitude, and comprehension. Reading Improvement, 17, 135-139.

Denis, M. 1982. Imaging while reading text: A study of individual differences. Memory & Cognition, 10, 540-545.

Denis, M. 1984. Imagery and prose: A critical review of research on adults and children. Text, 4, 381-401.

Filippatou, D., & Pumfrey, P.D. 1996. Pictures, titles, reading accuracy, and reading comprehension: A research review (1973-1995). Educational Research, 38, 259-291.

Gambrell, L.B. 1982. Induced mental imagery and the text prediction performance of first and third graders. In J.A. Niles & L.A. Harris (Eds.), New inquiries in reading research and instruction (pp. 131-135). Thirty-first Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. Rochester, NY: National Reading Conference.

Gambrell, L.B., & Bales, R.J. 1986. Mental imagery and the comprehension-monitoring performance of fourth- and fifth-grade poor readers. Reading Research Quarterly, 21, 454-464.

Gambrell, L.B., & Jawitz, P.B. 1993. Mental imagery, text illustration, and children's story comprehension and recall. Reading Research Quarterly, 28, 264-276.

Giesen, C., & Peeck, J. 1984. Effects of imagery instruction on reading and retaining a literary text. Journal of Mental Imagery, 8, 79-90.

Goetz, E.T., & Sadoski, M. 1996. Imaginative processes in literary comprehension. In R.J. Kreuz & M.S. MacNealy (Eds.), Empirical approaches to literature and aesthetics (pp. 221-240). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Goetz, E.T., Sadoski, M., & Olivarez, A., Jr. 1991. Getting a reading on reader response: Relationships between imagery, affect, and importance ratings, recall and imagery reports. Reading Psychology, 12, 13-26.

Huttenlocher, J.. 1968. Constructing spatial images: A strategy in reasoning. Psychology Review, 75, 550-560.

Intons-Peterson, M.J. 1993. Imagery's role in creativity and discovery. In B. Roskos-Ewoldsen, M.J. Intons-Peterson, & R.E. Anderson, (Eds.), Imagery, creativity and discovery: A cognitive perspective (pp. 1-37). New York: North-Holland

Jorm, A.F. 1977. Effect of word imagery on reading performance as a function of reader ability. Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, 46-54.

Kaufmann, G. 1990. Imagery effects in problem solving. In P.J. Hampson, D.F. Marks, & J.T.E. Richardson (Eds.), Imagery: Current developments (pp. 169-196). London: Routledge.

Kaufmann, G., & Helstrup, T. 1985. Mental imagery and problem solving: Implications for the educational process. In A.A. Sheikh & K.S. Sheikh (Eds.), Imagery in education: Imagery in the educational process (pp. 113-144). Farmingdale, NY: Baywood.

Kolker, B., & Terwilliger, P.N. 1986. Visual imagery of text and children's processing. Reading Psychology, 7, 267-277.

Kosslyn, S.M. 1980. Image and mind. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Kosslyn, S.M. 1994. Image and brain: A resolution of the imagery debate. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Kulhavy, R.W., & Swenson, I. 1975. Imagery instructions and the comprehension of text. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 45, 47-51.

Levie, W.H., & Lentz, R. 1982. Effects of text illustrations: A review of research. Educational Communication & Technology, 30, 195-232.

Levin, J.R. 1973. Inducing comprehension in poor readers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 65, 19-24.

Levin, J.R., & Divine-Hawkins, P. 1974. Visual imagery as a prose learning process. Journal of Reading Behavior, 6, 23-30.

Marks, D.E. 1977. Imagery and consciousness. Journal of Mental Imagery, 2, 275-290.

McCallum, R.D., & Moore, S. 1999. Not all imagery is created equal: The role of imagery in the comprehension of main ideas in exposition. Reading Psychology, 20, 21-60.

Morrow, L.M. 1985. Retelling stories: A strategy for improving young children's comprehension, concept of story structure, and oral language complexity. Elementary School Journal, 85, 647-661.

Oakhill, J., & Patel, S. 1991. Can imagery training help children who have comprehension problems? Journal of Research in Reading, 14, 106-115.

Paivio, A. 1969. Mental imagery in associative learning and memory. Psychology Review, 76, 241-263.

Paivio, A. 1971. Imagery and verbal processes. new York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. (Reprinted 1979, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

Paivio, A. 1991a. Images in mind: The evolution of a theory. New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf.

Paivio, A. 1996. Imagery and memory. In M.S. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The cognitive neurosciences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Pressley, M. 1977. Imagery and children's learning: Putting the picture in developmental perspective. Review of Educational Research, 47, 585-622.

Pressley, M. 1976. Mental imagery helps eight-year-olds remember what they read. Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 355-359.

Pressley, M., Johnson, C.J., Symons, S., McGoldrick, J.A., & Kurita, J.A. 1989. Strategies that improve children's memory and comprehension of text. Elementary School Journal, 90.

Rasinski, T.V. 1985. Picture this: Using imagery as a reading comprehension strategy. Reading Horizons, 25, 280-288.

Rodriguez, M., & Sadoski, M. 2000. Effects of rote, context, keyword, and context/keyword methods on retention of vocabulary in EFL classrooms. Language Learning, 50, 385-412.

Sadock, J.M. 1993. Figurative speech and linguistics. In A. Ortony (Ed.), Metaphor and thought (2nd ed., pp. 58-70). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Sadoski, M. 1983. An exploratory study of the relationships between reported imagery and the comprehension and recall of a story. Reading Research Quarterly, 19, 110-123.

Sadoski, M. 1985. The natural use of imagery in story comprehension and recall: Replication and extension. Reading Research Quarterly, 20, 658-667.

Sadoski, M., 1999a. Comprehending comprehension [Essay review of the book Comprehension: A paradigm for cognition] Reading Research Quarterly, 34, 493-500.

Sadoski, M. 1999b. Mental imagery in reading: A sampler of some significant studies. Reading Online [electonic journal of the International Reading Association]. Available: http://www.readingonline.org/research/Sadoski.htm]

Sadoski, M., Goetz, E.T., & Fritz, J.B. 1993b. Impact of concreteness on comprehensibility, interest, and memory for text: Implications for dual coding theory and text design. Journal of Educational Psychology, 85, 291-304.

Sadoski, M., Goetz, E., & Kangiser, S. 1988. Imagination in story response: Relationships between imagery, affect, and structural importance. Reading Research Quarterly, 23, 320-336.

Sadoski, M., Goetz, E.T., Olivarez, A., Lee, S., & Roberts, N.M. 1990. Imagination in story reading: The role of imagery, verbal recall, story analysis, and processing levels. Journal of Reading Behavior, 22, 55-70.

Sadoski, M., & Paivio, A. 1994. A dual coding view of imagery and verbal processes in reading comprehension. In R.B. Ruddell, M.R. Ruddell, & H. Singer (Eds.), Theoretical models and processes of reading (4th ed., pp. 582-601). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Sadoski, M., & Paivio, A. 2001. Imagery and text. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Sadoski, M., Paivio, A., & Goetz, E.T. 1991. Commentary: A critique of schema theory in reading and a dual coding alternative. Reading Research Quarterly, 26, 463-484.

Steingart, S.K., & Glock, M.D. 1979. Imagery and the recall of connected discourse. Reading Research Quarterly, 15, 66-83.

Suzuki, N.S. 1985. Imagery research with children: Implications for education. In A.A. Sheikh & K.S. Sheikh (Eds.), Imagery in education: Imagery in the educational process (pp. 179-198). Farmingdale, NY: Baywood


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