ABSTRACT
Several of the chapters presented models that use online measures to predict final representations and memory. As such, the models reflect a “third generation” of cognitive research on reading (van den Broek et al., this volume). The predictions are most successful in the case of particular kinds of narratives, namely, goal-based stories. An important issue is the degree to which the assumptions and mechanisms of these models will need to be modified to account for online and memorial representations of different kinds of narratives and other text genres, especially texts designed to instruct readers (cf. Goldman, Varma, & Coté, 1996). In the next section, we explore this issue in more depth.
At least two types of narratives are represented in this volume. One type is goal-based stories. The other is news reports of world events. The data suggest that the online construction of representations for the two kinds of narratives may be governed by different variables.
