Training students to process text with adjunct aids

Hypotheses about how readers learn from text augmented by objectives or by adjunct postquestions were operationalized by training students to use specific processes while reading. Achievement on a one-passage and on a four-passage curriculum was analyzed using regression analyses to identify treatment effects and aptitude-treatment interactions. Training students to use theoretically appropriate processes associated with objectives or adjunct postquestions generally reduced aptitude-treatment interaction effects, but it did not yield the expected increments in learning compared to placebo groups. Discussion centers on a pointer effect prompted by objectives and postquestions that relates to aptitude. The methodological difficulties and theoretical advantages of operationalizing students' cognitive responses to instructional stimuli by training are also described.     

Utilizing intact and embedded headings as processing aids with nonnarrative text

This study examined the utility of intact (i.e., topic outline format) and embedded (i.e., appropriately positioned within the text) headings as processing aids with nonnarrative text. The argument was advanced that headings potentially provide useful cues for both input and output processing but that little empirical evidence exists to either support or refute this proposition. It was further argued that each of the prior studies reviewed were subject to one or more methodological criticisms which may attenuate the generality of the findings. The results of the present study indicated that no advantage accrued to students on the basis of training; however, limitations of this finding are discussed in terms of the amount of training provided and the time available to the students for integrating the new strategies with their existing techniques. The major result of this investigation was that students provided with text containing intact and embedded headings significantly outperformed students whose text did not contain these processing aids. The major benefits were observed at delayed testing; the text-with-headings students recalled approximately 11% more information at immediate testing and 44% more information at delayed testing than the text-without-headings students. Implications of these results and future research issues are discussed.     

To answer questions from text,one has to understand what the question is asking: differential effects of question aids as a function of comprehension skill

Reading and Writing - The present study investigates the effectiveness of question paraphrases in supporting students’ understanding of a specific task. Secondary school students (i.e.,...     

幼儿园儿歌文本阅读策略

要求孩子“喜欢听故事、看图书”,就需要有相应的阅读策略教给孩子.本文以新批评的细读策略为基础,从文学作品形式的感受、叙述关系的理解、音韵格律的体验及儿歌意义的阅读四个方面阐述了儿歌阅读的策略.     

What oral text reading fluency can reveal about reading comprehension

Text reading fluency – the ability to read quickly, accurately and with a natural intonation – has been proposed as a predictor of reading comprehension. In the current study, we examined the role of oral text reading fluency, defined as text reading rate and text reading prosody, as a contributor to reading comprehension outcomes in addition to decoding efficiency and language comprehension. One hundred and six Dutch primary school children from fourth grade participated in this study and were assessed on decoding efficiency, vocabulary, syntactic ability, reading fluency performance and reading comprehension skills. Regression analysis showed that text reading prosody, not text reading rate, explained additional variance in reading comprehension performance when decoding efficiency and language comprehension were controlled for. This result suggests that the inclusion of text reading prosody as an aspect of text reading fluency is justified and that a natural intonation is associated with better comprehension of what is read.     

解构主义的文本分析策略及其对英语阅读的启示

运用解构主义的文本分析策略有利于克服被动接受式的阅读习惯。本文论证解构式文本分析对培养外语学习者的创造力和批判性思维能力的作用。探讨运用解构式分析策略拆解普通文本的方法,阐释解构式文本分析对英语阅读的启示。     

在阅读教学中如何引导学生提问

在阅读教学中，常常是教师提问，学生答问，长此以往，其结果就使得学生在课堂上只知道等待教师的提问，而从来不去自己主动发现问题。教师问什么，学生答什么，教师教什么，学生学什么；教师若不提问，学生也不问，教师若不教，学生也不学。学生的学习完全处在一种被动的状态。而且，由于只有教师的提问，使得语文课上教师一言堂的现象始终不能得到根本的改变；使得学生学习语文的积极性始终得不到充分的发挥；也使得以学生为主体的教学改革思想在语文课上始终得不到充分的体现。要改变这种状况，首先要转变陈旧的教学观念。要转变过去那种…     

The link between text difficulty,reading speed and exploration of printed text during shared book reading

In the current study the reading speed of the narration and the difficulty of the text was manipulated and links were explored with children’s attention to the printed text in shared book reading. Thirty-nine children (24 grade 1 and 15 grade 2) were presented easy and difficult books at slow (syllable by syllable) or fast (adult reading speed) pace while their eye movements were monitored. Results revealed an interaction between speed and difficulty. For the easy and difficult books, children spent more time and made more fixations on the printed text when it was presented at slow speed than at fast speed. However, at fast speed, children spend more time and made more fixations on the text of the easy rather than the difficult books, but at slow speed no difference was observed. In addition, at slow speed positive correlations were observed between attention to print and letter knowledge and word reading skills. Results provide important information for the practice of shared book reading suggesting that to increase attention to print, speed should be reduced. Future research should investigate the role of reading speed on reading related outcomes such as discourse comprehension and children’s interest in reading activities.     

运用语篇教学法提高英语阅读理解能力

阅读能力的培养是英语教学的重要环节,是提高学生综合语言运用能力的保障。语篇教学法是语篇分析在教学中的实际应用,它既注重语言知识的学习,又注重对文章主题、结构及体裁的分析,对于提高学生文章整体理解能力具有重要的指导作用。     

Gender differences in reading: Examining text-based interest in relation to text characteristics and reading comprehension

Reading is a key competence for knowledge acquisition and learning processes. One important source of reading motivation is interest. Even though students' text-based interest often differs by gender, it remains unclear which text factors underlie these differences and whether text-based interest relates to reading comprehension among boys and girls. In a sample of 514 elementary students (47.2% girls), this study examined whether text topic, protagonists' gender, and text difficulty affect boys' and girls' text-based interest and whether interest and reading comprehension are intertwined. Based on a repeated within-subject design using fourteen narrative texts, the results indicated that boys' interest was higher in texts with male-attributed topics, male protagonists, and in more difficult texts. In contrast, girls’ interest was only affected by text difficulty. Text-based interest and reading comprehension were significantly related, albeit stronger for boys than for girls. The findings are discussed regarding future implications for research and educational practice.     

与文本对话:提高学生阅读能力新途径

“新课标”教学建议中提出 :“阅读教学是学生、教师、文本之间对话的过程。”本文拟从与文本对话角度分析阅读教学中学生、教师、文本之间的关系 ,并着重探讨以学生为中心与文本对话的三种形式 ,及有效地与文本对话的教学途径 ,使学生通过与文本对话 ,提高自己的阅读能力。     

Reader and text factors in reading comprehension processes

The effects of epistemic beliefs and text structure on cognitive processes during comprehension of scientific texts were investigated. On‐line processes were measured using think‐aloud (Experiment 1) and reading time (Experiment 2) methodologies. Measures of off‐line comprehension, prior knowledge and epistemic beliefs were obtained. Results indicated that readers adjust their processing as a function of the interaction between epistemic beliefs and text structure. Readers with misconceptions and more sophisticated epistemic beliefs engage in conceptual change processes, but only when reading refutation texts. Results also showed that memory for text is not affected by differences in epistemic beliefs or text structure. These findings contribute to our understanding of the relations among factors associated with text comprehension and have implications for theories of conceptual change.     

Third-grader's think-aloud protocols: Types of reading activities in reading an expository text

In the present study, we examined the reading activities of young readers, while reading an expository text. A total of 24 third-graders was administered a think-aloud task on two occasions. Their protocols were analysed by a coding system that captured two levels of the reading process: the word identification level and the reading comprehension level. Three indices reflecting three different types of reading activities were discerned: reading errors, reproduction, and activities referring to reading strategies. Correlational analyses showed the reading strategy index to be related to reading comprehension as measured by standardized tests. The think-aloud task constitutes a valuable instrument for examining strategic reading among young readers.     

关于中职语文阅读教学中“文本细读”应用研究

中职院校学生由于基础较为薄弱,所以在进行语文教学中,可以采取文本细读的方法,来进行辅导,使之在现有基础上最大程度的掌握语文学习的基本能力。