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Whitney, Paul; Budd, Desiree – Discourse Processes, 1996
States that although the think-aloud method (TAM) is being used with increasing frequency in studying text comprehension, some skepticism of its value remains. Discusses assumptions behind TAM, aspects of comprehension it can reveal, and directions for research using TAM. Argues that TAM is a useful technique for tracking changes in the contents…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Inferences, Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension
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Long, Debra L.; Bourg, Tammy – Discourse Processes, 1996
Provides a rationale for using verbal protocols in discourse processing. Argues that readers construct a text representation and then use it to "tell a story" about their understanding--this story reveals important information about the processes involved in text comprehension as well as about constructing a message to be understood in a…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Higher Education, Inferences, Protocol Analysis
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Randall, Alice; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1986
Outlines procedures used in an investigation of college students' thinking aloud protocols and discusses the framework developed for differentiating student-text interactions and identifying the common problems of less able comprehenders. Suggests ways to use protocols to look into the ways students comprehend texts, to identify comprehension…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Protocol Analysis
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Nist, Sherrie L.; Kirby, Kate – Reading Research and Instruction, 1986
Focuses on three ideas pertaining to modeling and thinking aloud, presents examples of how the processes can be applied to teaching both text comprehension and study strategies to college developmental readers, and discusses reasons for using modeling and thinking aloud in the classroom. (FL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Modeling (Psychology), Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension
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Holmes, John L. – ESPecialist, 1986
Discusses recognition of cognates used in teaching materials prepared by the English for Specific Purposes Project for academic courses. Presents suggestions based on theoretical considerations of cognate recognition. Examines, by way of protocol studies, how foreign students of English make use of cognate recognition. Suggests that strategies for…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language)