
The Skills of Document Use: From Text Comprehension to Web-Based Learning (Hardback)
Jean-Francois Rouet (author)- We can order this
The core purpose of the book is to inform research scientists, students, and instructional designers about recent advances in the psychology of document comprehension. Whereas reading research has mostly focused on basic cognitive processes involved in simple comprehension tasks, this book extends the psychology of reading to more complex, real-life comprehension activities. The book draws a link between research areas usually separated: language psychology, on the one hand, and Web design, on the other hand.
The work also attempts to bridge a gap between research in cognitive psychology and practical issues in the design and use of information systems. It invites the reader to a guided journey from theoretical models of text comprehension to concrete issues in the design and use of instructional technology.
The book will be of interest to students specializing in psychology, language, communication, and publishing. It will also be useful to all those who are involved in the training of literacy skills, or in the design of information systems accessible to a wide audience.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN: 9780805846027
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 476 g
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"...the book's treatment of complex documents includes a great deal of new research and a very rich context of functional literacy, technology, and education. It uniquely defines a new area of research, demonstrates its agenda, and provides some of the research answers to questions about the use of complex documents."
-Charles Perfetti
From the Foreword, University of Pittsburgh
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