Models of Understanding Text (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface. A.C. Graesser, S.S. Swamer, W.B. Baggett, M.A. Sell, New Models of Deep Comprehension. A. Turner, B.K. Britton, P. Andraessen, D. McCutchen, A Predication Semantics Model of Text Comprehension and Recall. S.R. Goldman, S. Varma, N. Coté, Extending Capacity-Constrained Construction Integration: Toward "Smarter" and Flexible Models of Text Comprehension. S. Mannes, M. St. George, Effects of Prior Knowledge on Text Comprehension: A Simple Modeling Approach. C.R. Fletcher, P. van den Broek, E.J. Arthur, A Model of Narrative Comprehension and Recall. P. van den Broek, K. Risden, C.R. Fletcher, R. Thurlow, A "Landscape" View of Reading: Fluctuating Patterns of Activation and the Construction of a Stable Memory Representation. D.L. Long, M.R. Seely, B.J. Oppy, J.M. Golding, The Role of Inferential Processing in Reading Ability. R.W. Gibbs, Jr., Metaphor as a Constraint on Text Understanding. R.A. Zwaan, Toward a Model of Literary Comprehension. N.L. Stein, R.S. Bernas, D.J. Calicchia, A. Wright, Understanding and Resolving Arguments: The Dynamics of Negotiation. M.A. Gernsbacher, The Structure-Building Framework: What It Is, What It Might Also Be, and Why. A. Garnham, J. Oakhill, The Mental Models Theory of Language Comprehension. A.C. Graesser, B.K. Britton, Five Metaphors for Text Understanding.