The illusion of knowing: Failure in the self-assessment of comprehension

The psychology of meaningful verbal learning.

David P. Ausubel · 1963 · 2.5K citations

Language Studies, Educational Psychology, Psychology +9

Contextual prerequisites for understanding: Some investigations of comprehension and recall

John D. Bransford, Marcia K. Johnson · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1972 · 2.2K citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Psychology +10

What's new? Acquiring New information as a process in comprehension

Susan E. Haviland, Herbert H. Clark · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1974 · 1.1K citations

Education, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +11

Relizing That You Don't Understand: A Preliminary Investigation

Ellen M. Markman · Child Development · 1977 · 369 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Hermeneutics +2

Text variations at the level of the individual sentence and the comprehension of simple expository paragraphs.

Joanna P. Williams, Maravene B. Taylor, Sonia Ganger · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1981 · 61 citations

Education, Instruction, Linguistics +16