. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Exp Child Psychol. 2011 Dec 7;111(4):681–694. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.10.005

Table 1.

Facts and main characters in stem fact passages and integration facts used in Experiments 1A and 2.

Facts and main characters in stem fact passages		Integration facts
Passage 1	Passage 2
Ladybug learns that dolphins communicate by clicking and squeaking	Rabbit learns that dolphins live in groups called pods	Pods communicate by clicking and squeaking
Deer learns that a baby kangaroo is called a joey	Lizard learns that Blue Flyer is a type of kangaroo	A baby Blue Flyer is called a joey
Wave learns that the largest volcano is in Hawaii	Cloud learns that Mauna Loa is the world’s largest volcano	Mauna Loa is located in Hawaii

Note: The main character in each passage is indicated in italics.