Novice Strategies for Comprehending Technical Texts.

Abstract

This project investigated the comprehension of technical texts by novice readers (i.e., people who are not familiar with technical subject matter). It focused on two questions: (1) how do novice readers determine what is important in technical texts, and (2) how does the organization of information in technical domains influence novice text processing and learning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA313179

Entities

People

  • Diana Dee-lucas
  • Jill H. Larkin

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Applied Psychology
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Cognition
  • Data Analysis
  • Educational Psychology
  • Equations
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Fluid Statics
  • Information Processing
  • Judgment
  • Language
  • Law
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Business Analytics
  • Computational Linguistics