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Becker, Ann – 1985
This paper is the introduction to an inquiry into the relationship of post-structural reader theories to cognitive theories in the study of educational media. Basic concepts in reader and cognitive theories are defined, including the notions of "meaning" and "learners." Similarities and differences in the theories are…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Epistemology, Learning Processes, Models
Peer reviewedBower, Gordon H.; Morrow, Daniel G. – Science, 1990
Reviews the research on how readers or listeners construct mental models of the situation a writer or speaker is describing. Narrative components and spatial models are discussed. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Comprehension, Language Processing
Download full textSchmidt, Henk G.; Patel, Vimla L. – 1987
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which problem analysis facilitated the subsequent processing of expository text, both for novices and a comparison group. A text on osmosis consisted of six-pages and was used as reading material. The ninth-grade students were considered novices because they were unfamiliar with the…
Descriptors: Biology, Content Area Reading, Decoding (Reading), Foreign Countries
Baumann, James F., Ed. – 1986
Intended to help classroom teachers, curriculum developers, and researchers, this book provides current information on theoretical and instructional aspects of main idea comprehension. Titles and authors are as follows: "The Confused World of Main Idea" (James W. Cunningham and David W. Moore); "The Comprehension of Important…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Corrective Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
