Reasoning and Comprehension Processes of Linguistic Minority Persons Learning from Text

Abstract

The three-year project 'Reasoning and Comprehension Processes of Linguistic Minority Persons Learning from Test' has investigated processes and strategies of students for whom English is not the native language (ESL) as they negotiated the demands of learning from academic tests. For comparative purposes, we also examined the processes and strategies of native English speaking students. Our initial work was largely exploratory and descriptive. We began our investigations with talk-aloud protocol studies of the strategies students use to answer questions from Oceanography and Psychology textbooks commonly used in introductory level courses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA213346

Entities

People

  • Elizabeth Saul
  • J. Murray
  • Michaele Smith
  • Richard P. Duran
  • Susan R. Goldman

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • California
  • Cognitive Science
  • Comprehension
  • Connectors
  • Language
  • Learning
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Monitoring
  • Oceanography
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Sequences
  • Students
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Education
  • Linguistics

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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Linguistics
  • STEM Education