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Direct linkOzuru, Yasuhiro; Dempsey, Kyle; McNamara, Danielle S. – Learning and Instruction, 2009
This study examined how text features (i.e., cohesion) and individual differences (i.e., reading skill and prior knowledge) contribute to biology text comprehension. College students with low and high levels of biology knowledge read two biology texts, one of which was high in cohesion and the other low in cohesion. The two groups were similar in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Prior Learning, Biology, Reading Skills
Surber, John R.; Schroeder, Mark – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2007
College students with either high or low prior domain knowledge (PK) read a text chapter presented in short pages on a computer monitor. Half of the participants read with headings present and half with headings absent. The computer recorded time spent reading and rereading each short page. Learning was assessed through a structured recall task.…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Recall (Psychology), College Students
Download full textMcKeague, Carrie A. – 1993
A study investigated the effects of text processing orientations and reader-generated versus text-based comprehension aids on readers' comprehension of expository text. The processing orientations included memory-oriented processing, organization-oriented processing, understanding-oriented processing, and a read and study control. Subjects, 136…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Prior Learning, Reader Text Relationship
