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John Hollander; John Sabatini; Art Graesser; Daphne Greenberg; Tenaha O'Reilly; Jan Frijters – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2023
Adult literacy learners are characterized by their diversity, both in terms of educational histories and cognitive skill sets. Accounting for the specific strengths and weaknesses of each learner is vital to the assessment of literacy gains and optimization of educational systems. We examined pre- and post-difference scores on a component reading…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Education, Adult Students, Student Characteristics
Singer, Murray; Doering, Jeffrey C. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Understanders appear to routinely and immediately evaluate the congruence of discourse at many levels of analysis, processes often labeled "validation." This study was an initial exploration of individual differences in discourse validation. Text "reading-time" profiles were examined as a function of two negligibly correlated…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Reading Rate, Profiles, Short Term Memory
Mozuraitis, Mindaugas; Chambers, Craig G.; Daneman, Meredyth – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Eye tracking was used to explore the role of grammatical aspect and world knowledge in establishing temporal relationships across sentences in discourse. Younger and older adult participants read short passages that included sentences such as "Mrs. Adams was knitting/knitted a new sweater"..."She wore her new garment...".…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Older Adults, Reading Comprehension, Sentences