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- Concreteness effects in text recall: Dual coding or context availability? Sadoski, Mark; Goetz, Ernest T. // Reading Research Quarterly;Apr-Jun95, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p278
Investigates two alternative theoretical explanations for the effect of concreteness on cognition and text recall in reading, namely dual coding and context availability. Extent to which concreteness effects generalize beyond the word, phrase and sentence levels; Differences between dual coding...
- Comprehending comprehension. Sadoski, Mark // Reading Research Quarterly;Oct-Dec99, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p493
Explores author Walter Kintsch's theory in the context of other theories of cognition in reading and of cognition in general. Historical background of cognitive theories; Development of Kintsch's theory; Challenges posed by Kintsch's theory; Broader scientific issues raised in response to the...
- Relative Locations of Macular Scotomas near the PRL: Effect on Low Vision Reading. Fletcher, Donald C.; Schuchard, Ronald A.; Watson, Gale // Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development;Oct99, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p356
Abstract--Patients referred for low vision rehabilitation had Minnesota Reading Acuity (MNRead), visual acuity (VA), and scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) macular function testing performed in their initial evaluation to determine whether dense macular scotomas near the preferred retinal locus...
- An exploratory study of the relationships between reported imagery and the comprehension and recall of a story. Sadoski, Mark // Reading Research Quarterly;Fall1983, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p110
The article cites a study regarding the relationship between reported imagery and the comprehension and recall of a story. The relationships were investigated between naturally occurring reported images, a variety of reading comprehension measures and a verbal mental ability test for suburban...
- LA COMPRENSI�N LECTORA DESDE UNA CONCEPCI�N DID�CTICO-COGNITIVA. Santiesteban Naranjo, Ernan; Vel�zquez �vi, Kenia Mar�a // Revista Didasc@lia: Did�ctica y Educaci�n;2012, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p103
In this article it is defined and described the concept of reading comprehension and it is offered a didactic-cognitive conception which leads to its improvement. In this conception is dealt the different model through which the reading process occurs and it is shown that they do not constitute...
- Exposure to print and word recognition processes. Chateau, Dan; Jared, Debra // Memory & Cognition;Jan2000, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p143
Examines the effect of exposure to print on the efficiency of phonological and orthographic word recognition processes. Comparison of two groups of university students having similar reading comprehension scores but different levels of exposure to print.
- INVESTIGATING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH EEG. Baretta, Luciane; Tomitch, L�da Maria Braga; Kwan Lim, Vanessa; Waldie, Karen E. // Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in ;Jul-Dez2012, Issue 63, p69
Experimental studies point that different factors can influence reading comprehension, such as the topic, text type, reading task, and others. The advances in technologies for the past decades have provided researchers with several possibilities to investigate what goes on in one's brain since...
- Reading. // Education Journal;Aug2005, Issue 88, p12
The article informs that a primary school that introduced a reading comprehension assessment from New Zealand has found an "extraordinary" discrepancy between the children's ability to read and their overall comprehension. Ongoing assessments throughout the school the following two summers...
- The Accuracy of Metacomprehension Judgments: The Biasing Effect of Text Order. Linderholm, Tracy; Xuesong Wang; Therriault, David; Qin Zhao; Jakiel, Laura // Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology;2012, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p111
Introduction. Two experiments tested the hypothesis that relative metacomprehension accuracy is vulnerable when readers' cognitive efforts are biased by text order. It is proposed that the difficulty level of initial text information biases readers' estimates of text comprehension but is...
