The stimulus materials were eight abstract stories used by Yuill & Joscelyne(1988). Each story was consisted of 10 idea units including 3 main ideas and 7 subsidiary ideas. To test hypotheses, 3(organizational cue types : title cue vs. picture cue vs. control) x2(academic achievement levels: high vs. low) ANOVA was applied for comprehension scores, and 3(organizational cue types) x2(academic achievement levels) x(2) (idea unit levels : main vs. subsidiary) ANOVA for free recall scores. The main findigs of the study were as follows: (1) There was a significant main effect of types of organizational cue on comprhension of story text. Title cue and picture cue shoued higher scores than the control condition. (2) There is no significant interaction effect between types of organizational cue and academic achievement levels on comprehension of story text. (3) There was a significant main effect of types of orgnizational cue on free recall of story text. Title cue and picture cue showed higher scores than the control condition. (4) There was no significant interaction effect between types of organizational cue and academic achievement levels on recall of story text. (5) There was a significant main effect of idea unit levels on recall of story text. Main ideas were recalled better than subsidiary ideas. (6) There was a significant interaction effect between types of orgniza ional cue and idea unit levels on recall of story text. That is, recall of main ideas was facilitated more in title cue condition than picture cue condition.