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ERIC Number: EJ1483812
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Aug
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1042-1629
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6501
Available Date: 2025-06-02
The Influence of Pre-Reading Purpose and Extra-Textual Networks with Summary Writing on Multiple Document Concept Network Integration: A Replication of Wei et al. (2024)
Ziqian Wei1,2,3; Shuting Yin1,2; Roy B. Clariana4; Xuqian Chen1,2
Educational Technology Research and Development, v73 n4 p2163-2188 2025
Theories and practices to enhance multiple document comprehension and integration are crucial in both personal and work contexts, especially with the proliferation of printed and online sources. This experimental investigation replicates and extends (Wei et al., Educational Technology Research and Development 72:661-685, 2024) to examine how multiple documents integration is influenced by reading purpose, summary writing, and extra-textual networks (pre-reading, Study 1, and post-writing, Study 2). In Study 1 (N = 102), participants were randomly assigned to a pre-reading purpose set by a prompt (integrative or detailed) and by a network (an integrative or else an intra-text network) and then read three documents about Alzheimer's disease to complete a writing task with revision (but no feedback). Three days later, they completed a delayed writing task and an inference verification test. In Study 2 (N = 90), the same procedure was used except that the network was used as feedback after writing to support revision. Results from the two studies agree with the previous research that the quantity and structural quality of integration can be improved by external cues and by delayed repeated writing. This research further confirms an innovative approach for evaluating different aspects of knowledge integration and contributes to the literature from the concept network perspective as a measure and an intervention of multiple-text reading.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 2215807
Author Affiliations: 1Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China; 2South China Normal University, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, Guangzhou, China; 3The Education University of Hong Kong, Department of Special Education and Counselling, Hong Kong, China; 4Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA