Readers with a study goal generate more backward/explanatory inferences during reading than readers with an entertainment goal¶
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q3 i? College students instructed to read expository text for study produced more explanatory inferences than students reading for entertainment. → P. van den Broek 2001
Evidence¶
P. van den Broek 2001¶
P. van den Broek, R. F. Lorch, Jr., T. Linderholm, & M. Gustafson. (2001). The effects of readers' goals on inference generation and memory for texts. Memory & Cognition, 29(8), 1081-1087. https://link.springer.com/journal/13414
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Controlled experiment in which 71 analyzed college students were randomly assigned to read four Scientific American-derived expository texts for study or entertainment while thinking aloud. The ANOVA against participant and item variability confirmed "more explanatory inferences were made in the study condition than in the entertainment condition."
"First, more explanatory inferences were made in the study condition than in the entertainment condition [ F1(1,55) = 13.86, MSe = .0098; F2(1,135) = 41.61, MSe = .0255]."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Readers with an entertainment goal make more evaluative comments than readers with a study goal, with no difference in affective responses — related
- Free recall of expository text is higher under a study goal than under an entertainment goal — related
- Readers with a study goal generate more forward/predictive inferences during reading than readers with an entertainment goal — related
- Readers with an entertainment goal generate more associative inferences than readers with a study goal, though the participant-level test was marginal — related
- In a follow-up self-paced reading study, readers with a study goal read considerably more slowly than readers with an entertainment goal — related
- Readers with a study goal paraphrase and repeat text more often than readers with an entertainment goal — related
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Readers with a study goal generate more backward/explanatory inferences during reading than readers with an entertainment goal |
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Readers with a study goal generate more backward/explanatory inferences during reading than readers with an entertainment goal |
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2001 |
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