Operational Consequences of Literacy Gap.

Kniffin, J. Douglas; Stevenson, Calvin R.; Klare, George R.; Entin, Elliot E.; Slaughter, Sharon L

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“…Klare (1963) reviewed the six early studies that varied word or sentence difficulty in a controlled way and found that only one had a positive effect on learning. Later controlled studies by Coleman (1962); Kniffin et al (1979); and McCracken (1959) also failed to find reliable effects on learning, whereas very small effects were found by Duffy and Kabance (1982), and Siegel, Lambert, and Burkett (1974).…”

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Using Kintsch's computational model to improve instructional text: Effects of repairing inference calls on recall and cognitive structures.

Britton¹,

Gülgöz²

1991

Journal of Educational Psychology

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The goal of this study was to link a computational psychological model to instructional practice. Kintsch's (Kintsch & van Dijk, 1978; Miller & Kintsch, 1980) reading comprehension model was used to identify locations where inferences were called for in a 1000-word expository text. Then each location was repaired to produce a principled revision. In an experiment with undergraduates (N = 170) , free recall of the principled revision was much increased over that of the original version. Also, the author of the original text and 7 subject-matter experts provided measures of the shape of the original text's intended cognitive structure. The author's and experts' cognitive structure shapes correlated above .5 with the shapes provided by U.S. Air Force recruits who read the principled revision but only .1 with recruits who read the original version. Apparently, the principled revision carried out the author's intentions better than had the author's original text. It is concluded that Kintsch's model can be used to improve instructional text.

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Using Kintsch's computational model to improve instructional text: Effects of repairing inference calls on recall and cognitive structures.

Britton¹,

Gülgöz²

1991

Journal of Educational Psychology

265

173

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“…Positive evaluations on the measures of liking and respect went along with higher evaluations of physical attractiveness. 16 Another study had heterosexual subjects rate the attractiveness of opposite sex participants. A pre-test to determine base-line evaluations was given followed by a distraction task.…”

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Using Kintsch's computational model to improve instructional text: Effects of repairing inference calls on recall and cognitive structures.

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