Models of Understanding Text (Cog Studies Grp of the Inst for Behavioral Research at UGA) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805818480 ISBN 13: 9780805818482

Verlag: Psychology Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

What is text understanding?
It is the dynamic process of constructing coherent representations and inferences at multiple levels of text and context, within the bottleneck of a limited-capacity working memory.

The field of text and discourse has advanced to the point where researchers have developed sophisticated models of comprehension, and identified the particular assumptions that underlie comprehension mechanisms in precise analytical or mathematical detail. The models offer a priori predictions about thought and behavior, not merely ad hoc descriptions of data. Indeed, the field has evolved to a mature science.

The contributors to this volume collectively cover the major models of comprehension in the field of text and discourse. Other books are either narrow -- covering only a single theoretical framework -- or do not focus on systematic modeling efforts. In addition, this book focuses on deep levels of understanding rather than language codes, syntax, and other shallower levels of text analysis. As such, it provides readers with up-to-date information on current psychological models specified in quantitative or analytical detail.

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Bruce K. Britton, Arthur C. Graesser

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0805818480
• ISBN 13: 9780805818482
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 374
• Herausgeber: Britton Bruce K., Graesser Arthur C.