Matthew McCrudden

Relevance Instruction in Text Processing

The Effect of Specificity of Relevance Instruction on Reading Time and Learning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reading is a goal directed activity. Text
information that closely matches a reader s goal is
more relevant, whereas information that does not
match the goal is less relevant. Relevance
instructions are prompts that provide criteria for
focusing reading goals. Relevance instructions help
readers generate goals and specific strategies for
reading, allocate resources in a more systematic
way, and learn more. This book presents a taxonomy
of relevance instructions and summarizes research on
this topic. A model of goal-focusing is presented
that explains how relevance affects text
processing. A study examining the effect of
specificity of relevance instructions on reading
time and learning is presented.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9783639138153
• ISBN-10: 3639138155
• Artikelnr.: 26194123

Autorenporträt

Matthew T. McCrudden received his PhD in Learning and Technology
from the Department of Educational Psychology at University of
Nevada-Las Vegas in 2005. Since then he has been an assistant
professor of educational psychology at the University of North
Florida (USA) and a senior lecturer at Victoria University of
Wellington, New Zealand.