In present-day knowledge societies, competent reading involves the integration of
information from multiple sources into a coherent, meaningful representation of a topic …

New media, new knowledge practices, and concepts point to the need for greater
understanding of cognitive processes underlying knowledge acquisition and generation in …

This study developed and empirically tested a model to predict the factors affecting patients'
behavioral intentions to use a mobile health education website. It explored the behavioral …

The growing prominence of the Internet, and other digital environments, as educational tools
requires research regarding learners' digital literacy. We argue that two critical aspects of …

Readers increasingly attempt to understand and learn from information sources they find on
the Internet. Doing so highlights the crucial role that evaluative processes play in selecting …

This introduction to the special issue Understanding the Public Understanding of Science:
Psychological Approaches discusses some of the challenges people face in understanding …

The purpose of this chapter is to review the cognitive processes involved in studying multiple
documents and to emphasize studying multiple documents as a means for students to learn …

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks
covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning …

Despite the importance of source attention and evaluation for learning from texts, little is
known about the particular conditions that encourage sourcing during reading. In this article …

Proliferating information and viewpoints in the 21st century require an educated citizenry
with the ability to think critically about complex, controversial issues. Critical thinking …