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Rachel Best (Ph.D. 2003, South Bank University, London) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Cognitive Science and Educational Practice. She has recently joined Dr. Danielle McNamara's research team at the University of Memphis where she is investigating learning from text and reading strategy training. Specific research interests include self-explanation and lexical acquisition. Her doctoral thesis investigated lexical acquisition in naturalistic contexts, including elementary classrooms. She is currently working on two projects, 'Promoting Active Reading Strategies' and 'Coh-Metrix'.
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