Using Key Words to Facilitate Text Comprehension

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概要

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• In order to improve learners' comprehension of educational textual materials, authors and text designers must consider how to cue their texts. In this respect, the use of 'technology of text' could be a great help to them. Technology of text includes various kinds of techniques to present text information effectively. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cuing key words on learners' understanding of text. In the experiment, two factors were manipulated. One is the type of cued words : to cue central concepts (appropriate key words) or to cue non-central concepts (dummy key words). The other factor is the location of cued words : to present key words before the text or to cue them within the text. Learners were evaluated on their acquisition and organization of text information using a completion-recall test and a concept map test. The main results showed that (a) cuing facilitated learning of cued material; (b) on overall recall of content, cuing of central concepts was superior to cuing of non-central concepts or absence of cues; (c) on overall recall, cuing key words within the text was superior to presenting them before the text; and (d) when organizing text ideas, cuing of central concepts, regardless of the location of cued words, was better than cuing of non-central concepts or absence of cues. These results suggest that cuing central concepts facilitates both acquisition and organization of text ideas, while cuing non-central concepts or absence of cuing leaves learners at a disadvantage. They also suggest that cuing key words within text improves overall learning of text, and that presenting key words before text is also effective, particularly in understanding of main ideas of text. These findings are discussed in terms of the allocation of cognitive resources.

• 日本教育工学会の論文

著者

• Sakamoto Takashi

  The National Center For University Entrance Examination

• Akahori Kanji

  Center For Research And Development Of Education Technology Tokyo Institute Of Technology

• SEKI Yusaku

  Center for Research and Development of Educational Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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