Chapter published in:
Reading Comprehension in Educational Settings
Edited by José A. León and Inmaculada Escudero
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy 16] 2017
► pp. 29–62

Chapter 2
Meaningful learning from texts

The construction of knowledge representations

| Leiden University, the Netherlands
| Leiden University, the Netherlands
| Leiden University, the Netherlands
This chapter describes how comprehension and meaningful learning processes are related. It explains how comprehension processes can contribute to meaningful learning and how knowledge representations in turn affect comprehension processes. Both passive and strategic reading processes are important in comprehending texts and constructing knowledge representations from texts. An overview is provided of reading strategies that are particularly effective improving learning from texts. It is suggested that consolidation and enrichment processes play an important role in effective learning strategies. Furthermore, the chapter describes reader and text characteristics that affect the process of constructing meaningful knowledge representations from texts. It concludes with a summary of ways to improve learning from texts.
Article outline
  • The products of learning: Knowledge representations
    • Learning and comprehension
    • Reciprocal relation between learning and comprehension
    • Knowledge representations
    • Text representations
    • From text representations to knowledge representations
  • The processes that contribute to learning from texts
    • Passive processes
    • Strategic processes
    • Mechanisms
  • Learning from multiple texts
    • Multiple text representations
    • Passive processes
    • Strategic processes
  • Reader and text characteristics
    • Individual and developmental differences
      • Comprehension skills
      • Background knowledge
      • Executive functions
    • Text characteristics
    • Improving learning from texts
      • Strategy training
      • Activation of background knowledge
  • Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
Published online: 19 October 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.16.02bek
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