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| Interests and strategies of young and old readers differentially interact with characteristics of texts | | Author(s) | Bonnie J F Meyer, Andrew Talbot, R Allen Stubblefield |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 24, no 8, December 1998 |
| Pages | pp 747-772 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Attitude ; Reading ; Older people ; Young adults [20-25] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Interest may be a particularly valuable motivational resource for older adults in a time of life when a number of cognitive resources show decline. This article presents the findings from two studies. Results from the first study concerning the differential gain from reading strategy instruction by younger and older adults prompted the authors to consider the possible influence of non-cognitive factors. In a follow-up study, older adults were more dependent on signals in text in order to effectively use the strategy they had learned. The second study found that signalling had its largest effect on older readers who had low interest in the topic. These data reveal that a strictly cognitive approach to text learning is not sufficient to understand the complexity of prose learning in older people. Instead, it is necessary to consider cognitive factors in conjunction with non-cognitive factors including both text-based variables (e.g., signalling) and affective/motivational variables (e.g., interest). (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990211214 A |
| Classmark | DA: DP: HKM: B: SD6: 7T |
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