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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2022 Nov 28;59(2):390–411. doi: 10.1037/dev0001480

B.1.

Correlation table of measures

Specific-Fact Immediate Recall All Immediate Recall Theme 1-week Delay Recall Elaborative Talk Verbal Comprehension
All Books Theme Immediate Recall .38* .77*** .48** 0.14 .64***
Specific-Fact Immediate Recall .84*** .56*** .44** .38*
All Immediate Recall .57*** .40* .66***
Theme 1-week Delay Recall .08 .43**
Elaborative Talk .31t

High Cohesion-High Embedded Questions Theme Immediate Recall 0.19 .78*** .72** .33t .65***
Specific-Fact Immediate Recall .76*** .35 .29 .24
All Immediate Recall .65** .40* .58***
Theme 1-week Delay Recall .49t .28

High Cohesion-Low Embedded Questions Theme Immediate Recall 0.23 .78*** 0.41t −.09 .40
Specific-Fact Immediate Recall .79*** .02 .49 .16
All Immediate Recall .27 .26 .35
Theme 1-week Delay Recall −.09 .51*

Low Cohesion-High Embedded Questions Theme Immediate Recall .38* .80*** .32 .40* .45**
Specific-Fact Immediate Recall .86*** .29 .27 .52**
All Recall .38t .40* .59***
Theme 1-week Delay Recall .36 .40t

Low Cohesion-Low Embedded Questions Theme Immediate Recall 0.24 .69*** .48t −.12 .38*
Specific-Fact Immediate Recall .87*** .56* −.17 .32
All Immediate Recall .48t −.19 .43**
Theme 1-week Delay Recall −.51t .18

Notes. The number of participants varied across measures due to 1) some participants being excluded due to having read the book previously and 2) only 50% of participants received 1-week delayed recall questions per book.

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