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Direct linkMcCarthy, Kathryn S.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Educational Psychologist, 2021
Prior knowledge is one of the strongest contributors to comprehension, but there is little specificity about different aspects of prior knowledge and how they impact comprehension. This article introduces the Multidimensional Knowledge in Text Comprehension framework, which conceptualizes prior knowledge along four intersecting dimensions: amount,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Prior Learning, Knowledge Level, Accuracy
Download full textMcCarthy, Kathryn S.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Prior knowledge is one of the strongest contributors to comprehension, but there is little specificity about different aspects of prior knowledge and how they impact comprehension. This article introduces the Multidimensional Knowledge in Text Comprehension framework, which conceptualizes prior knowledge along four intersecting dimensions: amount,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Prior Learning, Knowledge Level, Accuracy
Perfetti, Charles; Stafura, Joseph – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2014
We reintroduce a wide-angle view of reading comprehension, the Reading Systems Framework, which places word knowledge in the center of the picture, taking into account the progress made in comprehension research and theory. Within this framework, word-to-text integration processes can serve as a model for the study of local comprehension…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Knowledge Level, Reading Processes, Reader Text Relationship
Intratextual Persuasive Messages as Catalysts for HigherOrder Thinking: An Exploratory Investigation
Murphy, P. Karen; Andiliou, Andria; Firetto, Carla M.; Bowersox, Carissa M.; Baker, Markus; Ramsay, Crystal M. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2016
Facilitating students' acquisition of higherorder thinking skills is imperative in the 21st century. Although some types of text have been shown to enhance higherorder thinking, the effects of many novel forms of text have yet to be investigated. As such, the purpose of the present study was to explore the extent to which a relatively novel form…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Persuasive Discourse, Beliefs, Comprehension
Peer reviewedWeisberg, Renee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1988
The article contains a review of reading comprehension research since 1980, based on an interactive model of reading, with a focus on reading disabilities/learning disabilities. Included are studies which have investigated the influence of readers' prior knowledge of a topic, the influences of text structure and task demands, and metacognitive…
Descriptors: Interaction, Knowledge Level, Learning Disabilities, Metacognition
