NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Allen, Laura K.; Perret, Cecile; Likens, Aaron; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
In this study, we investigated the degree to which the cognitive processes in which students engage during reading comprehension could be examined through dynamical analyses of their natural language responses to texts. High school students (n = 142) generated typed self-explanations while reading a science text. They then completed a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Reading Comprehension, High School Students
Crossley, Scott A.; Allen, David B.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2011
Texts are routinely simplified for language learners with authors relying on a variety of approaches and materials to assist them in making the texts more comprehensible. Readability measures are one such tool that authors can use when evaluating text comprehensibility. This study compares the Coh-Metrix Second Language (L2) Reading Index, a…
Descriptors: Readability, Readability Formulas, Word Processing, Psycholinguistics