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Peer reviewedNoice, Helga; Noice, Tony – Discourse Processes, 1994
Uses a think-aloud protocol to investigate how a professional actor analyzes a script to discern the plans his assigned character is following. Shows that the actor attends not only to the meaning but also to such elements of the text as structure, punctuation, and linguistic devices to determine the character's internal states and specific…
Descriptors: Acting, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTrabasso, Tom; Magliano, Joseph P. – Discourse Processes, 1996
Investigates conscious understanding during narrative comprehension as revealed through use of think-aloud methodology. Presents an analytical model of conscious understanding. Identifies three working memory operations in the protocols--operations which are functionally necessary to inferences in the protocols. Discusses data and current models…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Reading, Higher Education, Inferences
Peer reviewedStratman, James F. – Discourse Processes, 1994
Reports findings from a think-aloud protocol study of reading, writing, and persuasive processes in legal discourse during an actual appellate court case. Discusses three aspects of advocates' use of persuasive techniques in written appeal briefs. Focuses on specific persuasive techniques utilized by attorneys. (HB)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Court Litigation, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes
Peer reviewedGolden, Richard M. – Discourse Processes, 1998
Introduces the Knowledge Digraph Contribution (KDC) data-analysis methodology for quantitatively measuring the degree to which a given knowledge digraph can account for the occurrence of specific sequences of propositions in recall, summarization, talk-aloud and question-answering protocol data. Notes the applicability of this approach to the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Knowledge Representation, Language Research, Memory
Peer reviewedZwaan, Rolf A.; Brown, Carol M. – Discourse Processes, 1996
Examines the influence of language proficiency and comprehension skill on situation-model construction during narrative comprehension. Studies 12 college students who thought aloud reading French and English stories for comprehension and who performed a verb-clustering task after reading each text. Finds that the students generated more…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Inferences, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedCote, Nathalie; Goldman, Susan R.; Saul, Elizabeth U. – Discourse Processes, 1998
Examines fourth- and sixth-grade children's strategies (using think-aloud protocols or silent reading) for processing informational text. Finds that silent readers engaged in more physical backtracking to previously-read sentences, while think-aloud protocol processing tended to focus on the local, sentence level. Illustrates complex relations…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Area Reading, Grade 4, Grade 6
