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Clinton-Lisell, Virginia – Journal of Research in Reading, 2021
Background: Multitasking while reading is a commonplace activity. Many studies have been conducted examining the effect of multitasking on reading comprehension and times. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to consolidate the empirical findings on reading comprehension and times in order to understand the overall effect of multitasking on…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Attention, Performance Factors, Time on Task
Pearson, P. David – 1982
Cognitive research of the 1970s has shown that both content factors (topical world knowledge and knowledge about textual organization) and process factors (attention, encoding, inference, retrieval, and executive monitoring) influence comprehension. Classroom research during the same decade has shown that the greater the proportion of time…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology