Comprehension and metacomprehension of negated text
Is retrieval practice beneficial for understanding?
Previous research has demonstrated that negated text is a particularly difficult text construction, and often leads to
readers having difficulty understanding and remembering what they have read. To date, attempts at identifying a strategy that would aid in
readers’ comprehension of negation have not been successful. However, in studies focused on affirmative text, readers practicing retrieving
information from a text showed improvements in comprehension and more accurate metacomprehension judgments. The present study aimed to
determine whether this strategy also benefits readers of passages in which a critical concept has been negated. Interestingly, results
demonstrated that while readers judged their comprehension to be better when practicing retrieval, their comprehension was not actually
better. These results suggest that simply practicing retrieval information is not necessarily enough to enhance comprehension or
metacomprehension of this text construction.
Article outline
- Method
- Participants
- Design
- Materials
- Procedure
- Results
- Comprehension accuracy
- Metacomprehension judgment
- Discussion
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