The roles of prior topic knowledge and text features in how readers map ideas from text

The primary purpose of the study was to understand the relationships among the reader's prior topic knowledge, text features, and task conditions as readers constructed idea maps, which are verbal and spatial representations of text. The secondary purpose was to identify mapping strategies and their relationship to the cognitive style of the readers. The study was guided by constructivist theory and research.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Armstrong, James Owen, Jr.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Walker, Jerry L.

• Education, Teacher Training
• Education, Reading

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 James Owen Armstrong Jr.

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9236393
(UMI)AAI9236393

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21815