The Role of Reading Strategies in the Screen Inferiority Effect

EasyChair Preprint 3813

Abstract

We explored whether self-explanation strategies influence the “screen inferiority effect” (superior comprehension after reading on paper compared to digital media). Participants read a text on paper or on a computer monitor, and received instructions to self-explain or to read for comprehension. On a subsequent comprehension test we observed a screen inferiority effect, but only in the self-explanation condition. Analyses of processing times, metacognitive judgments, and constructed responses are presented to help explain these results.

Keyphrases: Metacomprehension, Screen Inferiority, self-explanation

@booklet{EasyChair:3813,
  author    = {Angel Long and Amanda Juarez and Scott Hinze},
  title     = {The Role of Reading Strategies in the Screen Inferiority Effect},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3813},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}