Original paper

Pickup of Causal Language and Inference During and After Reading Scientific Text

Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 157 - 182
Published: Apr 2, 2020
Abstract
When reading scientific text, readers must draw inferences when the author does not make relations explicit; readers also need to pick up on causal relations that the author does make explicit. We collected think-aloud protocols from 86 undergraduate biology students reading 7 brief, illustrated passages about the immune system. After reading, participants typed a free recall. Both think-aloud and recall were transcribed and coded for two types...
Paper Details
Title
Pickup of Causal Language and Inference During and After Reading Scientific Text
Published Date
Apr 2, 2020
Volume
41
Issue
3
Pages
157 - 182
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