A 1991 examination of children's comprehension abilities by Yuill and Oakhill.

Preface; 1. The nature of poor comprehension; 2. Background: reading, remembering and understanding; 3. Processing words and sentences; 4. Inferences and the integration of text; 5. Allocating resources during reading; 6. Metacognition and reading; 7. Using cohesive devices in narrative discourse; 8. Methods of improving poor comprehension; 9. Conclusions; Notes; References; List of related publications; Works cited; Indexes.