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Direct linkCorrin Moss; Sharon Kwabi; Scott P. Ardoin; Katherine S. Binder – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
The ability to form a mental model of a text is an essential component of successful reading comprehension (RC), and purpose for reading can influence mental model construction. Participants were assigned to one of two conditions during an RC test to alter their purpose for reading: concurrent (texts and questions were presented simultaneously)…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Reading Comprehension, Test Format, Short Term Memory
Hahnel, Carolin; Goldhammer, Frank; Kroehne, Ulf; Mahlow, Nina; Artelt, Cordula; Schoor, Cornelia – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The study investigates automated and controlled cognitive processes that occur when university students read multiple documents (MDs). We examined data of 401 students dealing with two MD sets in a digital environment. Performance was assessed through several comprehension questions. Recorded log data gave indications about students' time…
Descriptors: Automation, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Download full textCosta Ferreira, Jullyane Glaicy da; Ferrari-Neto, José – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
The aim of the present work was to investigate the processing of coreferential relations, focusing on their relationship with the working memory. In a reading process, it is essential that readers continuously perform mental operations that involve the working memory, such as storing, retrieving, and manipulating information. For this reason, it…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Language Processing, Reading Processes, Language Variation
Kim, Ji Hyon; Christianson, Kiel – Second Language Research, 2017
In this study, we report the results of two self-paced reading experiments that investigated working memory capacity effects on the processing of globally ambiguous relative clauses by advanced Korean second language (L2) learners of English. Consistent with previous monolingual literature on the processing of temporary ambiguity, we found that…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Language Processing, Short Term Memory
Ari, Omer – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Fluency instruction has had limited effects on reading comprehension relative to reading rate and prosodic reading (Dowhower, 1987; Herman, 1985; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000a). More specific components (i.e., error detection) of comprehension may yield larger effects through exposure to a wider range of materials…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Reading Tests, Reading Strategies
Kitao, Kenji; Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1986
The problems encountered by native Japanese-speakers in reading English as a second language are examined. The available literature on the subject as well as firsthand experiences in teaching English, developing reading materials, and conducting research projects are discussed. The discussion focuses on five major areas: the reading process; the…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Context Clues
