The goal of this chapter is to provide the foundation toward develo** a more
comprehensive model of reading comprehension. To this end, seven prominent …

▪ Abstract The field of discourse processing has dissected many of the levels of
representation that are constructed when individuals read or listen to connected discourse …

Many students are being left behind by an educational system that some people believe is in
crisis. Improving educational outcomes will require efforts on many fronts, but a central …

Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice Bill Grabe Table of
Contents Preface Section I: Foundations of Reading Comprehension 1. The Nature of …

Abstract Information presented in news articles can be misleading without being blatantly
false. Experiment 1 examined the effects of misleading headlines that emphasize secondary …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

First published in 2007. The focus of this book is on the cognitive processes involved in
comprehension, and moreover, on techniques that help readers improve their ability to …

The authors examined the effectiveness of self-regulated learning (SRL) training in
facilitating college students' learning with hypermedia. Undergraduate students (N= 131) …

The need to cultivate students' use of metacognitive strategies in critical thinking has been
emphasized in the related literature. The present study aimed at examining the role of …

Inferential comprehension is necessary to connect ideas in a text together in a meaningful
manner. There have been multiple studies on inferential comprehension involving texts of …