Models of Understanding Text

What is text understanding? It is the dynamic process of constructing coherent representations and inferences at multiple levels of text and context, within the bottleneck of a limited-capacity working memory. The field of text and discourse has advanced to the point where researchers have developed sophisticated models of comprehension, and identified the particular assumptions that underlie comprehension mechanisms in precise analytical or mathematical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805818480
• ISBN13: 9780805818482
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"