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Catrysse, Leen; Chauliac, Margot; Donche, Vincent; Gijbels, David – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022
This study examined the relationship between refutation texts and attention allocation by focusing on the interaction between important reader-and-text characteristics. Specifically, the authors investigated how prior knowledge and text-based interest affect attention allocation on refutation/control statements, topic, and explanatory and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Attention Control, Reading Materials, Reader Text Relationship
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Peshkam, Annie; Mensink, Michael C.; Putnam, Adam L.; Rapp, David N. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
Students are often provided with instructions that are intended to influence their attention to particular sections or elements of their reading materials. To date, the bulk of the work on such prereading instructions has focused on drawing reader attention to relevant text information. In the current project, we examined whether instructions…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Reading Materials, Selection, Attention Control