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T1 The Influence of Reading Purpose on Inference Generation and Comprehension in Reading
A1 Narvaez, Darcia
A1 Broek, Paul Van de
A1 Barrón Ruíz, Ángela
K1 Comprehension in Reading
K1 Reading Purpose
K1 Inference Generation
K1 Expository text
K1 Narrative text
AB [EN]There are variations in the extent to which particular types of inferences or activations aremade during reading (G. McKoon & R. Ratcliff, 1992; M. Singer, 1994). In this study, theauthors investigated the influence of reading purpose (for entertainment or study) on inferencegeneration. Participants read 2 texts aloud and 2 texts for comprehension measures. Readingpurpose did not influence off-line behavior (comprehension) but did influence on-line readerbehavior (thinking aloud). Readers with a study purpose more often repeated the text,acknowledged a lack of background knowledge, and evaluated the text content and writingthan did readers with an entertainment purpose. This pattern was stronger for the expositorytext than for the narrative text. Reading purpose, and possibly text type, affects the kinds ofinferences that readers generate. Hence, inferential activities are at least partially under thereader's strategic control.
SN 0022-0663
YR 1999
FD 1999
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10366/132683
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10366/132683
LA eng
NO Narvaez, D, Broek, P. Van den y Barrón Ruiz, A. (1999). The Influence of Reading Purpose on Inference Generation and Comprehension in Reading. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91, (3), 488-496
DS Gestión del Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Salamanca
RD 08-may-2024