Breadth and depth of strategic processing during text comprehension

In this study, 58 Norwegian undergraduates read 10 paragraphs on a relatively unfamiliar topic. Verbal protocol analysis was used to assess strategic text processing at different levels of depth, and post-reading written reports on the topic were used to assess text comprehension. Findings indicated that irrelevant processing was negatively and a combination of surface- and deeper-level strategies was positively related to comprehension...