ABSTRACT
When the KIWi model is applied to different types of learning materials, such as text and examples, the model’s vantage for unifying different experimental paradigms can be quite directly appreciated. Text and examples are considered informationally equivalent when the KIWi model constructs the same situation knowledge from either one of the two materials. Text and examples were constructed so that according to the KIWi model, human learners should acquire the same situation knowledge from each. The tapping speed-accuracy trade-off method yielded responses at different points in time. The collected data can thus be employed for investigating the time course of knowledge utilization in verification tasks. The indicators for textbase, template base, and situation model were calculated as the difference of correctness ratings, according to the description that was given in the method section. The sequence of verbalization episodes was assessed by calculating relative transition frequencies separately for the text and example condition.
