Procedural Text Structure and Reader Perceptions and Performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10123749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Virginia A Diehl (Western Illinois University, corresponding author), Carol Bergfeld Mills (Goucher College) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 129 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-35 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221300209602030 |
| PMID | 12038492 |
| OpenAlex | W1969993982 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
This research tested the relationship between text structural variables (on vs. off the causal chain, active vs. static information, and hierarchical structure) and reader perceptions, reading time, and true-false performance for procedural texts. Twenty-four college-age participants each read 3 procedural texts. As predicted, sentences that were (a) on the causal chain, (b) active, and (c) associated with task steps were read more slowly and judged to be more important (p < .05). The results were similar to those previously found with narratives, except for the hierarchical structure variable. Also as predicted, text differences were found such that as the variation in the type of information contained in the text increased, relationships with the structural variables increased
Cognitive psychology · Linguistics · Narrative · Natural language processing · Perception · Reading (process · Task (project management · Variable (mathematics · Variation (astronomy · Computer Science · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Mathematics · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Text Readability and Simplification
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |