Using Kintsch's Computational Model to Improve Instructional Text: Effects of Repairing Inference Calls on Recall and Cognitive Structures.

Britton, Bruce K.; Gulgoz, Sami

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ERIC Number: EJ436892

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Publication Date: 1991

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Using Kintsch's Computational Model to Improve Instructional Text: Effects of Repairing Inference Calls on Recall and Cognitive Structures.

Britton, Bruce K.; Gulgoz, Sami

Journal of Educational Psychology, v83 n3 p329-45 Sep 1991

Principles of W. Kintsch's reading comprehension model (1978, 1980) were used to revise an expository text. Two experiments with 170 undergraduates and 125 Air Force recruits indicated that the principled revision conveyed the author's intentions better than the original text, suggesting the model's use for text improvement. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adults, Authors, Cognitive Structures, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Inferences, Instructional Improvement, Learning Processes, Military Personnel, Models, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Revision (Written Composition), Textbook Preparation, Undergraduate Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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