The Psychology of Science Text Comprehension
Arthur C Graesser editor José Otero editor José A León editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:11th Sep '14
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This volume's goal is to provide readers with up-to-date information on the research and theory of scientific text comprehension. It is widely acknowledged that the comprehension of science and technological artifacts is very difficult for both children and adults. The material is conceptually complex, there is very little background knowledge for most individuals, and the materials are often poorly written. Therefore, it is no surprise that students are turned off from learning science and technology. Given these challenges, it is important to design scientific text in a fashion that fits the cognitive constraints of the learner. The enterprise of textbook design needs to be effectively integrated with research in discourse processing, educational technology, and cognitive science. This book takes a major step in promoting such an integration.
This volume:
*provides an important integration of research and theory with theoretical, methodological, and educational applications;
*includes a number of chapters that cover how science text information affects mental representations and strategies;
*introduces important suggestions about how text design and new technologies can be thought of as pedagogical features; and
*establishes academic text taxonomies and a consensus of the criteria to organize inferences and other mental mechanisms.
"...this volume provides detailed descriptions of the multiple facets of science text design and comprehension. The analysis throughout are concise, and the tenor of the writing is non-technical. It draws on the cross-disciplinary interests of cognitive science, is relevant to a diverse audience, and can serve an important propaedeutic function for graduate students or others interested in entering the discourse on text comprehension....This volume makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the nature of coherence as an important cognitive construction that is created during reading."
—Roman Taraban
Texas Tech University
ISBN: 9781138833401
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 635g
472 pages