Neither item was in the index. One point was given for successfully locating each item, for a total of four points. The task thus called for Ss to employ strategies such as rote rehearsal, imagery, elaboration, or note-taking, in order to remember the most important information in the passages. The leisure reading task required scoring of Ss' verbal recalls. Discrepancies were resolved by discussion.
Implicit theories interview .
Following the first trial for any task the subject was given a series of questions. These questions were posed to activate the subjects' implicit theories about reading in general and, in particular, skilled reading behaviors. Thus, the questions were thought to tap into subjects' metacognitive awareness about effective reading behaviors or strategies. These questions, of course, presuppose that adult readers have some ideas about what it is that good readers do while reading. Following this brief line of questioning, Ss completed the second trial.