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Download full textSu, Huanan; Ma, Fengyi – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2021
This paper aims to further understand the future development of literacy theory and language learning in contemporary Chinese universities through the research on the current situation of EFL students' literacy in Chinese universities and the teaching characteristics of contemporary Chinese teachers. In this study, literature analysis method,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Direct linkHughes-Berheim, Sarah S.; Cheimariou, Spyridoula; Shelley-Tremblay, John F.; Doheny, Margaret M.; Morett, Laura M. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022
Taken together, the Coherence Principle of Multimedia Learning Theory and the Integrated Systems Hypothesis propose that co-occurring and semantically congruent verbal and visual information should be integrated into one mental representation that enhances memory. The purpose of this paper was to examine how learning pseudowords with matching…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Vocabulary Development, Systems Approach, Reading Processes
Leopold, Claudia; Doerner, Marcel; Leutner, Detlev; Dutke, Stephan – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
In two experiments, we compared effects of instructions that encourage learners to create referential connections between words and pictures with instructions that distract learners from creating referential connections. In Experiment 1, students read a scientific text under four conditions. In the text-picture condition, students read the…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Educational Experiments
Osburn, Bess – Today's Education, 1978
The relation of reading comprehension and information retention is discussed with emphasis on teaching methods and learning activities. (DS)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedCrafton, Linda K. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Offers suggestions to help teachers facilitate comprehension before, during, and after reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension
Escoe, Adrienne S. – 1981
Prepared as part of a continuing study of the instructional practices that make up the process of schooling, this paper concentrates on the practices that comprise reading comprehension instruction. The paper focuses on four skills commonly taught and assessed as part of many widely used reading comprehension instruction programs in the…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension
Annis, Linda Ferrill – 1986
A study investigated the relationship between high and low reading ability and the study techniques of reading, the usual method of note taking, and student-generated paragraph summaries on the six levels of cognitive learning from textual material as measured by Bloom's "Taxonomy." Subjects, 84 college students enrolled in an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Henderson, Edmund H. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt2, 1968
Contrasts the relative impact of the behaviorist and cognitive views of learning and language on beginning reading curricula and the teaching of comprehension skills. Points out that current measures of reading comprehension ignore the concept of maturity in reading. Includes a pro-reaction and a con-reaction paper. Bibliography. (WB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum
Chiesi, Harry L.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
The way in which knowledge of a given topic influences the acquisition of topic-related information was studied with the knowledge domain of baseball. A knowledge structure was postulated that included the goal structure as well as the states and actions of the game. (SW)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Games, Knowledge Level, Language Research
Spilich, George J.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
The way in which previously acquired knowledge affects the processing on new domain-related information was investigated. Text processing was studied in two groups differing in knowledge of the domain of baseball. A knowledge structure for the domain was constructed, and text propositions were classified. (SW)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Games, Knowledge Level, Language Research
Peer reviewedOtto, Wayne – Reading Research Quarterly, 1971
Discusses the influence of Thorndike's 1917 study on attempts to define the reading process and its practical impact on reading research. (VJ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Lesgold, Alan M.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Five experiments were conducted that illustrate microprocesses of discourse comprehension related to foregrounding. An intermediate case in which prior memories exist but must be reinstated to active memory was studied in detail. (SW)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Nagy, William E.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted to investigate incidental learning of word meanings from context during normal reading. Subjects were 129 third grade, 85 fifth grade, and 138 seventh grade students of differing comprehension ability who first completed a vocabulary checklist containing target words and distractors, then read either expository or narrative…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Education, Incidental Learning, Learning Processes
Nagy, William E.; And Others – 1984
To test the hypothesis that a large proportion of school children's vocabulary growth occurs through incidental learning from written context, a study was conducted using 57 eighth grade students of average and above average reading ability. The subjects read a 1,000 word expository or narrative text. After reading, subjects completed two…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Context Clues, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Livingstone, George – 1977
Reading is comprehension, it is a complex network of interrelated skills, and it involves several levels of thinking, but in a holistic rather than in a molecular response to the text. The practice of reading based on this theoretical understanding involves identifying levels of comprehension; noting that levels of comprehending are not strictly…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
