Effects of Domain-Specific Knowledge on Literary Text Processing: A Think-Aloud Investigation

EasyChair Preprint 3823, version 2

Abstract

Students often struggle to make sense of literary works. We used a think-aloud design to examine the effect of four reading instructions (rules of notice, rules of signification, combined, control) on students’ processing of a literary short story. Protocols were assessed for evidence of expert-like reading behaviors such as attending to literary features and generating interpretive inferences. We also examine how differences in reading behaviors related to students’ appreciation and enjoyment of the work.

Keyphrases: inferences, literary reading, think aloud

@booklet{EasyChair:3823,
  author    = {Davis Whaley and Kathryn McCarthy},
  title     = {Effects of Domain-Specific Knowledge on Literary Text Processing: A Think-Aloud Investigation},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3823},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}