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Toward Deeper Comprehension of Texts: Elaboration Effects of Advanced Organizers and Self-Questioning

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
1990, v.2, pp.75-89
Soo-Youn Kim (Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany)
Kim, S. (1990). Toward Deeper Comprehension of Texts: Elaboration Effects of Advanced Organizers and Self-Questioning. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 2, 75-89.

Abstract

The present study examined the elaboration effedts of advanced organizers and self-questioning on text comprehension and thematic interest. The advanced organizer is constituted in terms of inclusive concepts and reality referential contexts. By varing the referential context the two versions of organizer text were produced: objective vs. subjective organizer. The self-questioning is manipulated in terms of levels of elaboration, which represent the horizons of comprehension: text-bounded level, beyond-the-text going level, and integrated level of these two. On each independent variables(the experimenter-generated organizer texts and the subject-generated questions) the treatment check was conducted. As a result, the advanced organizer showed no effect on cognitive tearing outcomes, which are measured by verbatim memory test and comprehension test. But it exerted significant effects on arousing thematic interest. The self-questioning was effective on enhancing not only cognitive learning outcomes but also interest. It is notable that the highst test scores result from asking questions at the beyond-the-text goint level of comprehension. It needs further research based on more specified motivational theories to explain the disordinal interaction effect on interest.

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