Learning by drawing involves learners construct an integrated verbal and nonverbal representation of the content to-be-learned. Despite considerable studies have investigated the effectiveness of drawing to support students’ comprehension of expository text, much remains unknown about drawing as a generative learning strategy. Specifically, successes of learning-by-drawing might be correlated w...

An under-addressed question regarding the usage of small devices is how information gathering from such devices is limited or changed relative to a full-size display? This study explores how factual recall from a text interacts with display size and other text characteristics. In this experiment, participants read several expository texts on either small or normal size displays, and font size w...

Abstract Reading comprehension is an essential skill for learning in general and science classes. Problems with reading might hinder students’ participation science. Text includes specific language features that distinguishes it from narrative text, so should instruction be part of teaching science? The direct inferential mediation (DIME) model subsumes factors influence comprehension. It was t...

This study uses eye tracking technology to examine how study aids such as highlighting and graphic organizers affect cognitive processing during learning. Participants were 130 college students randomly assigned to one of five experimental conditions. In the control group, students read a plain text; in two behaviorally passive conditions, students read a text with key words colored in red or r...

Brain activation associated with normal and speeded comprehension of expository texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics was investigated in reading and listening. The goal was to determine how brain activation and the comprehension processes it reflects are modulated by comprehension speed and topic familiarity. Passages on more familiar topics differentially activated a set of areas in the ant...

This paper presents the newly released Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese (LCMC), a Chinese match for the FLOB and Frown corpora of British and American English. We first discuss the major decisions we took when building the corpus. These relate to sampling, text collection, mark-up, and annotation. Following from this we use the corpus to study aspect marking in Chinese and British/American ...

Each "Communication Corner" essay is self-contained; however, they build on each other. For best results, before reading this and doing the exercise, go to first "How an Ugly Duckling Became a Swan," then read succeeding essay. The purpose of most expository (non-fiction) text for reader understand retain as much possible what it has say. Too many people who write such seem (subconsciously) ado...

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