ERIC Number: EJ1184427
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Validation: Knowledge- and Text-Based Monitoring during Reading
van Moort, Marianne L.; Koornneef, Arnout; van den Broek, Paul W.
Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v55 n5-6 p480-496 2018
To create a coherent and correct mental representation of a text, readers must validate incoming information; they must monitor information for consistency with the preceding text and their background knowledge. The current study aims to contrast text- and knowledge-based monitoring to investigate their unique influences on processing and whether validation is passive or reader-initiated. Therefore, we collected reading times in a self-paced experiment using expository texts containing information that conflicts with either the preceding text or readers' background knowledge. Results show that text- and knowledge-based monitoring have different time courses and that working memory affects only knowledge-based monitoring. Furthermore, our results suggest that validation could occur at different levels of processing and perhaps draw on different mixes of passive and reader-initiated processes. These results contribute to our understanding of monitoring during reading and of how different sources of information can influence such monitoring.
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Short Term Memory, Knowledge Level, Reading Comprehension, Prior Learning, Validity, College Students, Reading Skills, Sentences, Foreign Countries, Regression (Statistics), Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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