Search results for " Comprehension"
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Reading Comprehension and Working Memory's Executive Processes: An Intervention Study in Primary School Students
2013
ABSTRA C T Reading comprehension is a highly demanding task that involves the simultaneous process of extracting and constructing meaning in which working memory’s executive processes play a crucial role. In this article, a training program on working memory’s executive processes to improve reading comprehension is presented and empirically tested in two experiments with third-grade primary school students. Experiment 1 showed a greater gain after training the experimental group in contrast to the control group in reading comprehension and intelligence. In experiment 2, we focused on the training processes and compared training results of high and low pretest reading comprehension groups. R…
Encouraging and verifying critical thinking skills through the reading process
2017
La competenza di lettura è un punto di partenza imprescindibile per migliorare abilità di analisi, valutazione, sintesi, interessate pure nella promozione della competenza digitale. Questo lavoro si propone di accertare la validità di un percorso formativo incentrato sull’uso di strategie di lettura per lo sviluppo del pensiero critico. Ci si chiede soprattutto se e come leggere testi usando il formato elettronico favorisca nello studente attività di interpretazione, formulazione di giudizi ed espressione di idee originali. Nella prima parte del lavoro è presentato l’oggetto di studio. Nella seconda parte è descritta la metodologia di ricerca, che mette in pratica le risultanze scientifiche…
Comprensió de la lectura en alumnes d'ensenyament secundari
2006
Aquest treball es planteja per conèixer més de primera mà la comprensió i assimilació de textos escrits, en alumnes de l'actual ensenyament secundari. La mostra emprada va ser de 28 alumnes entre 14 i 20 anys, de 3r d'ESO i COU majoritàriament, de l'Institut d'Ensenyament Secundari «Alameda de Osuna» de Madrid. Els resultats obtinguts en aquest estudi indiquen que, en els lectors de menor edat els processos de lectura són més simples i en alguns casos incomplets, mentre que els lectors de major edat fan una lectura que implica processos cognitius més complexos, adequats i profunds.
Distinct Patterns of Functional Connectivity During the Comprehension of Natural, Narrative Speech.
2020
Recent continuous task studies, such as narrative speech comprehension, show that fluctuations in brain functional connectivity (FC) are altered and enhanced compared to the resting state. Here, we characterized the fluctuations in FC during comprehension of speech and time-reversed speech conditions. The correlations of Hilbert envelope of source-level EEG data were used to quantify FC between spatially separate brain regions. A symmetric multivariate leakage correction was applied to address the signal leakage issue before calculating FC. The dynamic FC was estimated based on a sliding time window. Then, principal component analysis (PCA) was performed on individually concatenated and te…
Evaluation Framework of Hypertext Access for Program Comprehension Support
2008
Hypertext consists of text fragments connected by links enabling fast nonlinear browsing of the fragments. In case of program text there are many alternative ways to form the fragmentation and linkage. Transient hypertext is a general and well-grounded approach for offering capabilities to form versatile information access support for many kinds of central software maintenance activities. Transient hypertextual access structures (THASs) are data structures formed automatically based on situation dependent information needs of the users of program comprehension support tools. The approach has been implemented in HyperSoft system. It is aimed at supporting legacy software maintenance and comp…
Using eye-tracking to assess sourcing during multiple document reading: A critical analysis
2018
During the last 15 years, there have been some efforts to extend the use of eye - tracking to researching reading in complex contexts, such as the reading of multiple documents. The research community involved in this extension has been interested in higher - order comprehensio n processes occurring in complex reading contexts, such as sourcing, defined as the processes of attending to, representing, evaluating, and using available or accessible information about the sources of textual content. In this article, we argue that exte nding eye - tracking research to investigate more complex reading contexts has been made without critically reflecting on its validity in those contexts . Specific…
Working on understanding during collaborative online reading
2012
This study examines how students in Finland (16-18 years of age) constructed meaning and knowledge in a collaborative online reading situation. Student pairs ( n = 19) were asked to write a joint essay on a controversial issue. First, the pairs discussed the topic freely to activate their prior knowledge. Next, they gathered source material on the Internet. Finally, they composed a joint essay. The data were collected using an interaction approach to verbal protocol data, along with video screen captures. In the analysis, three units were employed: episodes ( n = 562) for describing online reading practices; utterances ( n = 944) for identifying collaborative reading strategies; and collab…
EXCERCISING CRITICAL THINKING THROUGH READING: AN EDUCATIONAL USE OF DIGITAL TEXTS
2016
Questo lavoro si propone di accertare la validità di un percorso formativo incentrato sull’uso della lettura del testo digitale in rapporto allo sviluppo del pensiero critico. Un obiettivo fondamentale da tenere presente nella scuola, a vari livelli, riguarda l’esercizio della capacità critica. La diffusione delle tecnologie tra i nostri giovani provoca una cospicua quantità di stimoli conoscitivi che necessitano di decodifica, attribuzione di senso ed elaborazione costruttiva delle informazioni; i ragazzi devono potenziare abilità che non riguardano soltanto l'uso degli strumenti digitali, ma devono imparare a selezionare ed interpretare i dati, a gestire e valutare le informazioni trovate…
Scanning and deep processing of information in hypertext: an eye tracking and cued retrospective think-aloud study
2016
When students solve problems on the Internet, they have to find a balance between quickly scanning large sections of information in web pages and deeply processing those that are relevant for the task. We studied how high school students articulate scanning and deeper processing of information while answering questions using a Wikipedia document, and how their reading comprehension skills and the question type interact with these processes. By analyzing retrospective think-aloud protocols and eye-tracking measures, we found that scanning of information led to poor hypertext comprehension, while deep processing of information produced better performance, especially in location questions. Thi…
Inferential processes in readers with Down syndrome
2013
The aim of this work is to know if the source of the difficulty in making inferences, readers with Down syndrome, is in access to prior knowledge or constructing ideas from purely textual knowledge (based on Saldaña and Frith, 2002 for autism). Involved a sample of 20 students with Down syndrome and mild mental retardation (mean IQ = 60) and a control group of 20 children without cognitive deficits. They were matched as to their extent read metal age via Prueba de Evaluación del Retraso Lector (average 8 years). We created two experimental situations: a) subjects had to generate inferences based on physical knowledge, b) social inferences about knowledge. The ability to check and reaction t…