Michael B Wolfe
Biographic Data
| ID | 5791471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael B Wolfe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael B |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolfe |
| SIGNATURE | WOLFE M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Grand Valley State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7431-9274 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Introduction to the special issue
Beliefs influence argumentative essay writing
Textbase and situation model representations as educational constructs
Belief in the Claim of an Argument Increases Perceived Argument Soundness
We examined subjects' ability to judge the soundness of informal arguments. The argument claims matched or did not match subject beliefs. In all experiments subjects indicated beliefs about spanking and television violence in a prescreening. Subjects read one-sentence arguments consisting of a claim followed by a reason and then judged the soundness of the argument. Signal detection theory analyses were used to examine discrimination performance …
Effects of Text Content and Beliefs on Informal Argument Evaluation
We examined the influence of reading a one-sided text on informal argument evaluation. After reporting initial beliefs in a separate online prescreening, subjects with polarized beliefs read a belief-consistent or -inconsistent text about the benefits of spanking children as a means of discipline. After reading, subjects reported their beliefs and judged the soundness of a series of one-sentence informal arguments that made belief-consistent or -…
Processing and Representation of Arguments in One-Sided Texts About Disputed Topics
We examine students' processing and representation of arguments and counterarguments in one-sided scientific texts. In Experiment 1, students read texts about evolution and TV violence. Sentence reading times indicated that subjects slowed down reading to the extent that arguments were both more consistent, and inconsistent, with the text position. We refer to this processing pattern as argument-focused processing. We also examined whether studen…
That Men Would Praise the Lord: The Triumph of Protestantism in Nimes, 1530–1570
Allan A. Tulchin. That Men Would Praise the Lord: The Triumph of Protestantism in Nimes, 1530–1570. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. x + 297 pp. index. append. bibl. $74. ISBN: 978–0–19–973652–2. - Volume 64 Issue 1
Dance in the Renaissance: European Fashion, French Obsession , by Margaret M. McGowan
Processing and memory of information presented in narrative or expository texts
BackgroundPrevious research suggests that narrative and expository texts differ in the extent to which they prompt students to integrate to-be-learned content with relevant prior knowledge during comprehension.AimsWe expand on previous research by examining on-line processing and representation in memory of to-be-learned content that is embedded in narrative or expository texts. We are particularly interested in how differences in the use of rele…
Religious Doubt and Identity Formation: Salient Predictors of Adolescent Religious Doubt
Different ideological perspectives about religious doubt spawn controversy and confusion among some Christians. Typically misunderstood as unbelief, doubt is often characterized as dangerous if not outright prohibited by Scripture. As this study demonstrates, comprehending religious doubt through the lens of Marcia's ego identity statuses offers a more nuanced understanding of the cognitive phenomenon. Multiple regression analyses of survey data …
Learning and memory of factual content from narrative and expository text
Background. Research on the presentation of information in narrative versus expository text genres is inconclusive with respect to the question of which is more beneficial for student learning.Aims. We examine the effect of presenting factual content in either narrative or expository genres on student learning. We also consider relevant prior knowledge and working memory capacity (WMC) as potential mediating variables.Sample. Ninety university un…
Causal and Semantic Relatedness in Discourse Understanding and Representation
Processing time and memory for sentences were examined as a function of the degree of semantic and causal relatedness between sentences in short narratives. In Experiments 1-2B, semantic and causal relatedness between sentence pairs was independently manipulated. Causal relatedness was assessed through pretesting and semantic relatedness was assessed with Latent Semantic Analysis. Causal relatedness influenced processing time and memory. Semantic…
Causal and Semantic Relatedness in Discourse Understanding and Representation
Learning from text: Matching readers and texts by latent semantic analysis
This study examines the hypothesis that the ability of a reader to learn from text depends on the match between the background knowledge of the reader and the difficulty of the text information. Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), a statistical technique that represents the content of a document as a vector in high‐dimensional semantic space based on a large text corpus, is used to predict how much readers will learn from texts based on the estimated…
Using latent semantic analysis to assess knowledge: Some technical considerations
In another article (Wolfe et al., 1998/this issue) we showed how Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) can be used to assess student knowledge—how essays can be graded by LSA and how LSA can match students with appropriate instructional texts. We did this by comparing an essay written by a student with one or more target instructional texts in terms of the cosine between the vector representation of the student's essay and the instructional text in ques…
Armes et combats dans l'univers médiéval. Claude Gaier , André Joris
Putting Religion Back into the Wars of Religion
Piety and Political Allegiance: The Duc De Nevers and the Protestant Henri Iv, 1589–93
Journal Article PIETY AND POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE: THE DUC DE NEVERS AND THE PROTESTANT HENRI IV, 1589–93 Get access MICHAEL WOLFE MICHAEL WOLFE * Dr Wolfe is Lecturer in History at the University of Dallas in Rome Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 1988, Pages 1–21, https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/2.1.1 Published: 01 March 1988
Putting Religion Back into the Wars of Religion
Causal and Semantic Relatedness in Discourse Understanding and Representation
Processing time and memory for sentences were examined as a function of the degree of semantic and causal relatedness between sentences in short narratives. In Experiments 1-2B, semantic and causal relatedness between sentence pairs was independently manipulated. Causal relatedness was assessed through pretesting and semantic relatedness was assessed with Latent Semantic Analysis. Causal relatedness influenced processing time and memory. Semantic…
Learning from text: Matching readers and texts by latent semantic analysis
This study examines the hypothesis that the ability of a reader to learn from text depends on the match between the background knowledge of the reader and the difficulty of the text information. Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), a statistical technique that represents the content of a document as a vector in high‐dimensional semantic space based on a large text corpus, is used to predict how much readers will learn from texts based on the estimated…
Processing and Representation of Arguments in One-Sided Texts About Disputed Topics
We examine students' processing and representation of arguments and counterarguments in one-sided scientific texts. In Experiment 1, students read texts about evolution and TV violence. Sentence reading times indicated that subjects slowed down reading to the extent that arguments were both more consistent, and inconsistent, with the text position. We refer to this processing pattern as argument-focused processing. We also examined whether studen…
Learning and memory of factual content from narrative and expository text
Background. Research on the presentation of information in narrative versus expository text genres is inconclusive with respect to the question of which is more beneficial for student learning.Aims. We examine the effect of presenting factual content in either narrative or expository genres on student learning. We also consider relevant prior knowledge and working memory capacity (WMC) as potential mediating variables.Sample. Ninety university un…
Processing and memory of information presented in narrative or expository texts
BackgroundPrevious research suggests that narrative and expository texts differ in the extent to which they prompt students to integrate to-be-learned content with relevant prior knowledge during comprehension.AimsWe expand on previous research by examining on-line processing and representation in memory of to-be-learned content that is embedded in narrative or expository texts. We are particularly interested in how differences in the use of rele…
Using latent semantic analysis to assess knowledge: Some technical considerations
In another article (Wolfe et al., 1998/this issue) we showed how Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) can be used to assess student knowledge—how essays can be graded by LSA and how LSA can match students with appropriate instructional texts. We did this by comparing an essay written by a student with one or more target instructional texts in terms of the cosine between the vector representation of the student's essay and the instructional text in ques…
Effects of Text Content and Beliefs on Informal Argument Evaluation
We examined the influence of reading a one-sided text on informal argument evaluation. After reporting initial beliefs in a separate online prescreening, subjects with polarized beliefs read a belief-consistent or -inconsistent text about the benefits of spanking children as a means of discipline. After reading, subjects reported their beliefs and judged the soundness of a series of one-sentence informal arguments that made belief-consistent or -…
Textbase and situation model representations as educational constructs
Belief in the Claim of an Argument Increases Perceived Argument Soundness
We examined subjects' ability to judge the soundness of informal arguments. The argument claims matched or did not match subject beliefs. In all experiments subjects indicated beliefs about spanking and television violence in a prescreening. Subjects read one-sentence arguments consisting of a claim followed by a reason and then judged the soundness of the argument. Signal detection theory analyses were used to examine discrimination performance …
Piety and Political Allegiance: The Duc De Nevers and the Protestant Henri Iv, 1589–93
Journal Article PIETY AND POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE: THE DUC DE NEVERS AND THE PROTESTANT HENRI IV, 1589–93 Get access MICHAEL WOLFE MICHAEL WOLFE * Dr Wolfe is Lecturer in History at the University of Dallas in Rome Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 1988, Pages 1–21, https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/2.1.1 Published: 01 March 1988
Putting Religion Back into the Wars of Religion
Armes et combats dans l'univers médiéval. Claude Gaier , André Joris
Learning from text: Matching readers and texts by latent semantic analysis
This study examines the hypothesis that the ability of a reader to learn from text depends on the match between the background knowledge of the reader and the difficulty of the text information. Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), a statistical technique that represents the content of a document as a vector in high‐dimensional semantic space based on a large text corpus, is used to predict how much readers will learn from texts based on the estimated…
Using latent semantic analysis to assess knowledge: Some technical considerations
In another article (Wolfe et al., 1998/this issue) we showed how Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) can be used to assess student knowledge—how essays can be graded by LSA and how LSA can match students with appropriate instructional texts. We did this by comparing an essay written by a student with one or more target instructional texts in terms of the cosine between the vector representation of the student's essay and the instructional text in ques…
Causal and Semantic Relatedness in Discourse Understanding and Representation
Processing time and memory for sentences were examined as a function of the degree of semantic and causal relatedness between sentences in short narratives. In Experiments 1-2B, semantic and causal relatedness between sentence pairs was independently manipulated. Causal relatedness was assessed through pretesting and semantic relatedness was assessed with Latent Semantic Analysis. Causal relatedness influenced processing time and memory. Semantic…
Causal and Semantic Relatedness in Discourse Understanding and Representation
Learning and memory of factual content from narrative and expository text
Background. Research on the presentation of information in narrative versus expository text genres is inconclusive with respect to the question of which is more beneficial for student learning.Aims. We examine the effect of presenting factual content in either narrative or expository genres on student learning. We also consider relevant prior knowledge and working memory capacity (WMC) as potential mediating variables.Sample. Ninety university un…
Religious Doubt and Identity Formation: Salient Predictors of Adolescent Religious Doubt
Different ideological perspectives about religious doubt spawn controversy and confusion among some Christians. Typically misunderstood as unbelief, doubt is often characterized as dangerous if not outright prohibited by Scripture. As this study demonstrates, comprehending religious doubt through the lens of Marcia's ego identity statuses offers a more nuanced understanding of the cognitive phenomenon. Multiple regression analyses of survey data …
Dance in the Renaissance: European Fashion, French Obsession , by Margaret M. McGowan
Processing and memory of information presented in narrative or expository texts
BackgroundPrevious research suggests that narrative and expository texts differ in the extent to which they prompt students to integrate to-be-learned content with relevant prior knowledge during comprehension.AimsWe expand on previous research by examining on-line processing and representation in memory of to-be-learned content that is embedded in narrative or expository texts. We are particularly interested in how differences in the use of rele…
That Men Would Praise the Lord: The Triumph of Protestantism in Nimes, 1530–1570
Allan A. Tulchin. That Men Would Praise the Lord: The Triumph of Protestantism in Nimes, 1530–1570. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. x + 297 pp. index. append. bibl. $74. ISBN: 978–0–19–973652–2. - Volume 64 Issue 1
Processing and Representation of Arguments in One-Sided Texts About Disputed Topics
We examine students' processing and representation of arguments and counterarguments in one-sided scientific texts. In Experiment 1, students read texts about evolution and TV violence. Sentence reading times indicated that subjects slowed down reading to the extent that arguments were both more consistent, and inconsistent, with the text position. We refer to this processing pattern as argument-focused processing. We also examined whether studen…
Belief in the Claim of an Argument Increases Perceived Argument Soundness
We examined subjects' ability to judge the soundness of informal arguments. The argument claims matched or did not match subject beliefs. In all experiments subjects indicated beliefs about spanking and television violence in a prescreening. Subjects read one-sentence arguments consisting of a claim followed by a reason and then judged the soundness of the argument. Signal detection theory analyses were used to examine discrimination performance …
Effects of Text Content and Beliefs on Informal Argument Evaluation
We examined the influence of reading a one-sided text on informal argument evaluation. After reporting initial beliefs in a separate online prescreening, subjects with polarized beliefs read a belief-consistent or -inconsistent text about the benefits of spanking children as a means of discipline. After reading, subjects reported their beliefs and judged the soundness of a series of one-sentence informal arguments that made belief-consistent or -…
Textbase and situation model representations as educational constructs
Introduction to the special issue
Beliefs influence argumentative essay writing
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