ABSTRACT

This volume provides an overview of research from the learning sciences into understanding, enhancing, and measuring "deep comprehension" from a psychological, educational, and psychometric perspective. It describes the characteristics of deep comprehension, what techniques may be used to improve it, and how deep levels of comprehension may be distinguished from shallow ones. It includes research on personal-level variables; how intelligent tutors promote comprehension; and the latest developments in psychometrics. The volume will be of interest to senior undergraduate and graduate students of cognitive psychology, learning, cognition and instruction, and educational technology.

part I|95 pages

Understanding Deep Comprehension

chapter 4|11 pages

Standards of Coherence in Reading

Variations in Processing and Comprehension of Text

chapter 7|16 pages

What are we Reading for?

A Disciplinary Literacy Perspective on Purpose

part II|97 pages

Using Technology to Increase Deep Comprehension

chapter 8|15 pages

Learning Tasks In Electronic Environments

Advances Towards Interactive eTextbooks

chapter 11|14 pages

AutoTutor

An Intelligent Tutoring System and Its Authoring Tools

part III|83 pages

Measuring Deep Comprehension

chapter 17|13 pages

NLP

Getting Computers to Understand Discourse