id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt istl-1541 Student Comprehension of Primary Literature is Aided by Companion Assignments Emphasizing Pattern Recognition and Information Literacy .html text/html 4297 204 46 The second session and assignment taught the students how to search for and identify relevant articles that were also easy to read and guided them through their first time reading primary literature by emphasizing the pattern in which important information is found in primary literature articles. The comprehension of primary articles also appeared better, as cited articles were more likely to be correctly paraphrased by students with the modified curriculum (average score of 2.33 vs. 1.96), while there did not appear to be a difference between the groups' abilities to integrate the article into their report. cache/istl-1541.html txt/istl-1541.txt