Informative Narrative Texts Do Not Reduce Our Comprehension: a Pilot Study on the Effects of Type and Structure of Texts

EasyChair Preprint 3602

Abstract

In this study, we analyze comprehension and metacomprehension differences between expository (EX) and informative narrative (IN) texts when answering different questions following Kintsch’s comprehension model (textbase/situation model). 100 participants read different expository texts and answered multiple-choice questions. Expository texts were presented in two formats (EX/IN). A mixed-effects model showed no interaction between structure of text and type of text, but a statistically significant effect of text structure. Results are discussed according to previous research.

Keyphrases: Metacomprehension, genre, text processing

@booklet{EasyChair:3602,
  author    = {José Á. Martínez-Huertas and José David Moreno and José A. León},
  title     = {Informative Narrative Texts Do Not Reduce Our Comprehension: a Pilot Study on the Effects of Type and Structure of Texts},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3602},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}