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
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