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Referential Coherence and Structural Height in Text Processing:

Referential Coherence and Structural Height in Text Processing: Two explanations of the levels effect in text memory were examined in two experiments. The structural height account emphasizes the height of an idea in a text structure as the major determinant of the idea’s memorability. The referential coherence explanation focuses on the nature of the cognitive processes that occur during comprehension. Undergraduate students read one of four versions of a text which varied the height of target paragraphs and the referential coherence of text subsequent to the target paragraphs. Free recall protocols were scored for the presence of propositions from the target paragraph. The results from Experiments 1 and 2 supported the predictions of the referential coherence formulation and failed to support the structural height account. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Educational Research Journal SAGE

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SAGE
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Copyright © 2019 by American Educational Research Association
ISSN
0002-8312
eISSN
1935-1011
DOI
10.3102/00028312023001077
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Abstract

Two explanations of the levels effect in text memory were examined in two experiments. The structural height account emphasizes the height of an idea in a text structure as the major determinant of the idea’s memorability. The referential coherence explanation focuses on the nature of the cognitive processes that occur during comprehension. Undergraduate students read one of four versions of a text which varied the height of target paragraphs and the referential coherence of text subsequent to the target paragraphs. Free recall protocols were scored for the presence of propositions from the target paragraph. The results from Experiments 1 and 2 supported the predictions of the referential coherence formulation and failed to support the structural height account.

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American Educational Research JournalSAGE

Published: Jun 23, 2016

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