Generative Processes of Comprehension

TLDR

The article discusses a model of reading comprehension comprising generation, motivation, attention, and memory, and reviews laboratory and classroom research relevant to it. The study aims to present a generative model of reading comprehension. The authors develop and describe this model as a framework for understanding reading processes. Experiments by the author and colleagues demonstrate the model’s instructional utility and its relevance to teaching reading comprehension in schools.

Abstract

Abstract This article presents a model of the generative processes of reading comprehension. The article begins with a discussion of the four parts of the model: generation, motivation, attention, and memory. The discussion then reviews laboratory and classroom research relevant to the model. A series of experiments by the author and his colleagues are presented to support the instructional utility of the model. The article concludes with a discussion of the model and its relation to the teaching of reading comprehension in schools.