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Miller, James R. – 1981
A model has been developed for studying the relation between text structure and reading comprehension, emphasizing the reader's use of world knowledge and text-structural knowledge to evaluate and interpret meaning from text. When the highlights of the model are considered from the perspective of various expository texts used in research on…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Expectation, Knowledge Level, Models
Morris, C. Donald; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1979
Paragraph recall was easier if prior information, presented as elaborations of the paragraph sentences, was precise, rather than irrelevant or imprecise. Precise information also permitted quick and efficient elaboration of new information. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Higher Education, Information Utilization, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedReder, Lynne M. – Review of Educational Research, 1980
Recent research in the area of prose comprehension is reviewed, including factors that affect amount of recall, representations of text structures, and use of world knowledge to aid comprehension. The need for more information processing models of comprehension is emphasized. Elaboration is considered important for comprehension and retention.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Knowledge Level, Models, Prose
