The goal of this chapter is to provide the foundation toward developing a more
comprehensive model of reading comprehension. To this end, seven prominent …

The Skills of Document Use: From Text Comprehension to Web-Based Learning examines
functional literacy from a psychological standpoint. It offers a comprehensive discussion of …

This chapter examines the availability of text elements over the course of reading a text. It
describes the Landscape model that captures, in one theoretical framework, multiple …

During narrative comprehension, readers construct representations of the situation
described by a text, called situation models. Theories of situation model construction and …

This study aimed to identify reading behavior profiles in nine-to-eleven year old children
based on their think-aloud responses while reading narrative and expository texts. Three …

This report describes the foundation and rationale for a framework designed to measure
reading literacy. The aim of the effort is to build an assessment system that reflects current …

Representing the state of the art in multimedia applications and their promise for enhancing
early literacy development, this volume broadens the field of reading research by looking …

Existing reading comprehension assessments have been criticized by researchers,
educators, and policy makers, especially regarding their coverage, utility, and authenticity …

In college-level COUTIles, the vast majority of students read expository textbooks with a
primary purpose in mind: to memorize and, hopefully, understand enough information to …

In the comprehension of multiple controversial scientific texts, readers with strong prior
beliefs tend to construct a one-sided mental representation that is biased towards belief …