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Matthew T. McCrudden; Linh Huynh; Bailing Lyu; Jonna M. Kulikowich; Danielle S. McNamara – Grantee Submission, 2024
Readers build a mental representation of text during reading. The coherence building processes readers use to build a mental representation during reading is key to comprehension. We examined the effects of self- explanation on coherence building processes as undergraduates (n =51) read five complementary texts about natural selection and…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Reading Comprehension, Undergraduate Students, Evolution
Upadhyay, Sri Siddhi N.; Houghton, Kenneth J.; Klin, Celia M. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
After reading, "few of the juniors were accepted," focus is on the students not accepted, the complement set. According to the Presupposition Denial Account, negative quantifiers, such as "few," convey a denial of expectation, or shortfall, which leads to complement set focus. In six experiments, we explored the role of the…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Form Classes (Languages), Reading Comprehension, Natural Language Processing
Cook, Anne E.; O'Brien, Edward J. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Previous text comprehension studies using the contradiction paradigm primarily tested assumptions of the activation mechanism involved in reading. However, the nature of the contradiction in such studies relied on validation of information in readers' general world knowledge. We directly tested this validation process by varying the strength of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Validity, Reliability, Undergraduate Students