Multiple-Text Strategy Inventory (MTSI)

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Evidence · 4 claims (3 for, 1 mixed) · 2 studies (1 associational, 1 theoretical), q2 · 1 of 2 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

A 15-item questionnaire developed by Ivar Bråten and colleagues to assess undergraduates' self-reported accumulation and cross-text elaboration strategies immediately after reading multiple texts.

Components

Claims

• Self-reported accumulation negatively predicts intertextual comprehension while cross-text elaboration positively predicts it, after controlling for prior knowledge [+M]
• Accumulation and cross-text elaboration are uncorrelated and show opposite-sign correlations with intertextual comprehension [+W]
• Self-reported multiple-text strategies did not predict intratextual comprehension, where prior knowledge was the unique predictor [~W]
• External validity of the special-issue strategy measures was mixed: low-to-moderate comprehension correlations for Bräten and Strømsø and Magliano et al., indeterminate for Schellings and Winne and Muis [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

• Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory
• MAWSQ: Metacognitive Academic Writing Strategies Questionnaire

Key Sources

• Ivar Bråten & Helge I. Strømsø. (2011). Measuring strategic processing when students read multiple texts. Metacognition Learning 6:111–130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-011-9075-7

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title	Multiple-Text Strategy Inventory (MTSI)
description	A 15-item questionnaire developed by Ivar Bråten and colleagues to assess undergraduates' self-reported accumulation and cross-text elaboration strategies immediately after reading multiple texts.
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