TY - JOUR
T1 - Relevance and goal-focusing in text processing
AU - McCrudden, Matthew T.
AU - Schraw, Gregory
N1 - Funding Information:
This review was supported in part by a grant from the Medical Research Council of Canada (MT 4181).
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - This article reviews the role of relevance in text processing. It argues that relevance instructions provided by instructors and texts help readers identify text segments that are germane to a reading goal. A taxonomy of relevance instructions is presented and four basic types of relevance manipulations are considered (i.e., targeted segments, elaborative interrogation, perspective, and purpose). This article also describes a four-stage goal-focusing model to explain how relevance affects attention allocation and text understanding. Directions for future research and educational implications are also discussed.
AB - This article reviews the role of relevance in text processing. It argues that relevance instructions provided by instructors and texts help readers identify text segments that are germane to a reading goal. A taxonomy of relevance instructions is presented and four basic types of relevance manipulations are considered (i.e., targeted segments, elaborative interrogation, perspective, and purpose). This article also describes a four-stage goal-focusing model to explain how relevance affects attention allocation and text understanding. Directions for future research and educational implications are also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10648-006-9010-7
DO - 10.1007/s10648-006-9010-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247227585
VL - 19
SP - 113
EP - 139
JO - Educational Psychology Review
JF - Educational Psychology Review
SN - 1040-726X
IS - 2
ER -