Text comprehension and learning from text

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
Chapter 1: Bernadette Van Hout-Wolters and Wolfgang Schnotz Text comprehension and learning from text: An introduction......Page 10
Part I: Text Structures......Page 18
 Chapter 2: Joachim Grabowski Expository text and propositional text processing......Page 20
 Chapter 3: Eduardo Vidal-Abarca Important information in expository prose: The role of awareness of textual structure and of the skill in ranking ideas in a text......Page 36
 Chapter 4: Ala Samarapungavan and Jos Beishuizen Hypermedia and knowledge acquisition from non-linear expository text......Page 54
 Chapter 5: Pietro Boscolo, Lerida Cisotto and Albina Lucca Text comprehension and typographical features of elementary school text books......Page 72
 Chapter 6: Egbert Woudstra and Cees Terlouw A procedure for the design of illustrated texts......Page 86
Part II: Learner Abilities and Attitudes......Page 106
 Chapter 7: Rachel Rimmershaw Pragmatic knowledge in expository text comprehension: A recall study with young readers......Page 108
 Chapter 8: Christiane Spiel Comprehension of story content in adolescents: Influences of age and cognitive competence......Page 126
 Chapter 9: Huub van den Bergh and Gert Rijlaarsdam Affect, reading behaviour and reading achievement......Page 138
Part III: Processing and Learning Strategies......Page 152
 Chapter 10: Lucia Lumbelli Uncertainty in text comprehension: Clues and effects......Page 154
 Chapter 11: Anna Aventissian-Pagoropoulou The development and the usage of some particular cognitive strategies concerning text processing in physics and in history......Page 170
 Chapter 12: Juan García Madruga, Jesus Martin Cordero, Juan Luque and Carlos Santamaria Teaching active text processing strategies: Some experimental results......Page 184
 Chapter 13: Ottavia Albanese and Carla Antoniotti The influence of an educator’s interactive style on the process of comprehension in preschool-age children......Page 202