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Reader and text factors in reading comprehension processes
Author(s) -
Kendeou Panayiota,
Muis Krista R.,
Fulton Sandra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of research in reading
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.077
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1467-9817
pISSN - 0141-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2010.01436.x
Subject(s) - comprehension , psychology , reading comprehension , reading (process) , conceptual change , think aloud protocol , cognition , function (biology) , linguistics , cognitive psychology , computer science , mathematics education , philosophy , usability , human–computer interaction , neuroscience , evolutionary biology , biology
The effects of epistemic beliefs and text structure on cognitive processes during comprehension of scientific texts were investigated. On‐line processes were measured using think‐aloud (Experiment 1) and reading time (Experiment 2) methodologies. Measures of off‐line comprehension, prior knowledge and epistemic beliefs were obtained. Results indicated that readers adjust their processing as a function of the interaction between epistemic beliefs and text structure. Readers with misconceptions and more sophisticated epistemic beliefs engage in conceptual change processes, but only when reading refutation texts. Results also showed that memory for text is not affected by differences in epistemic beliefs or text structure. These findings contribute to our understanding of the relations among factors associated with text comprehension and have implications for theories of conceptual change.