Commentary: The Perils of Seduction: Distracting Details or Incomprehensible Abstractions?.

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Learning to Develop Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: A Lesson About Cornrowed Lives (2002, background): “Culturally diverse students are much more interested in literature that has characters who live the same cultural experiences as they do (Goetz and Sadoski, 1995).”
Motivational Influences on Transfer (2006, background): “They can undermine effective learning if they interfere with the coherence of a text, though the research on this point is not entirely consistent (Goetz & Sadoski, 1995; Harp & Mayer, 1998; Schraw, 1998; Wade, Alexander, Schraw, & Kulikowich, 1995).”
The Role of Choice and Interest in Reader Engagement (2004, background): “Previous research indicates that situational interest is related to text novelty (Hidi, 1990; Wade, 1992), organization (Wade; Wade, Buxton, & Kelly; 1999), imagery (Garner, 1992; Goetz & Sadoski, 1995), and vividness (Jose & Brewer, 1984; Iran-Nejad, 1987).”
A Review of Research and a Meta-Analysis of the Seductive Detail Effect. (2012, background): “In this regard, Goetz and Sadoski (1995) argue that important ideas are difficult to recall simply because they are general and abstract, while seductive details are easier to recall because they are concrete and personally involve the learner.”