Effects of Details in a Story on Interestingness

Akita, Kiyomi

doi:10.5926/jjep1953.39.2_133

“…Akita (1991) investigated the effects of details in a story on interest and comprehension in seventh-grade students. Three versions of the same plot story differing in the degree of details and in the part of details (regarding the plot or other extraneous parts of the story) were given, and the relation between interest and comprehension was analyzed.…”

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confidence: 99%

Trends in Educational Psychology in Japan

Yamamoto

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Minami

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Yoshida

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1993

The Annual Report of Educational Psychology in Japan

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“…McNamara, Kintsch, Songer & Kintsch (1996), Pearson (1974), and so forth, emphasize the influence of text coherence in readability. Question three, the issue of 'abstractness,' or conversely, 'concreteness,' is investigated by Sadoski, Goetz and Rodriguez (2000) and Akita (1991). They argue that concreteness and degree of description have effects on comprehension.…”

Section: Rationale Of Eight Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigation into the efficacy of text modification: What type of text do learners of Japanese authenticate?

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<p>The dissertation is a study of the efficacy of reading materials for learners of Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). It discusses the merits of 'authentic' materials written primarily for native speaker-readers compared to 'modified' texts adapted in some way for learners. Further, it compares various sorts of modifications: simplification, elaboration, marginal glosses and the use of onscreen computer pop-ups. More broadly, it locates the study within the wider discourse of pedagogy concerning reading materials for second language learners, especially JFL learners. Reading in Japanese as a second language is generally thought to be more demanding than reading in some other second languages. The study therefore argues that the authenticity debate and efficacy of text modification must be addressed specifically in the JFL reading pedagogy. In the context of the authenticity debate, there are, broadly, two opposing views. One favours the predominant use of unmodified texts while the other promotes the efficacy of modified texts. While there have been numerous theoretical discussions and empirical findings in the reading pedagogy of English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL), the JFL reading pedagogy is currently lacking such academic endeavours. Hence, the present study seeks to fill the gap. The study is mixed methods research, consisting of three projects in which both qualitative and quantitative methods are employed. This approach investigates equally the effects of text modification on participating learners' cognitive changes (reading comprehension) and affective changes (motivation and perception). The results indicate that learners of Japanese comprehend modified texts statistically significantly better than they do unmodified texts. Findings include that modified texts for Japanese are more efficacious than they are in the ESL/EFL context. However, modified texts that are insufficiently challenging fail to enhance learners' motivation. Advanced learners especially were found to have a negative attitude toward reading modified Japanese texts.</p>

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“…McNamara, Kintsch, Songer & Kintsch (1996), Pearson (1974), and so forth, emphasize the influence of text coherence in readability. Question three, the issue of 'abstractness,' or conversely, 'concreteness,' is investigated by Sadoski, Goetz and Rodriguez (2000) and Akita (1991). They argue that concreteness and degree of description have effects on comprehension.…”

Section: Rationale Of Eight Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigation into the efficacy of text modification: What type of text do learners of Japanese authenticate?

Sandom¹

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<p>The dissertation is a study of the efficacy of reading materials for learners of Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). It discusses the merits of 'authentic' materials written primarily for native speaker-readers compared to 'modified' texts adapted in some way for learners. Further, it compares various sorts of modifications: simplification, elaboration, marginal glosses and the use of onscreen computer pop-ups. More broadly, it locates the study within the wider discourse of pedagogy concerning reading materials for second language learners, especially JFL learners. Reading in Japanese as a second language is generally thought to be more demanding than reading in some other second languages. The study therefore argues that the authenticity debate and efficacy of text modification must be addressed specifically in the JFL reading pedagogy. In the context of the authenticity debate, there are, broadly, two opposing views. One favours the predominant use of unmodified texts while the other promotes the efficacy of modified texts. While there have been numerous theoretical discussions and empirical findings in the reading pedagogy of English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL), the JFL reading pedagogy is currently lacking such academic endeavours. Hence, the present study seeks to fill the gap. The study is mixed methods research, consisting of three projects in which both qualitative and quantitative methods are employed. This approach investigates equally the effects of text modification on participating learners' cognitive changes (reading comprehension) and affective changes (motivation and perception). The results indicate that learners of Japanese comprehend modified texts statistically significantly better than they do unmodified texts. Findings include that modified texts for Japanese are more efficacious than they are in the ESL/EFL context. However, modified texts that are insufficiently challenging fail to enhance learners' motivation. Advanced learners especially were found to have a negative attitude toward reading modified Japanese texts.</p>

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Effects of Details in a Story on Interestingness

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Trends in Educational Psychology in Japan

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Investigation into the efficacy of text modification: What type of text do learners of Japanese authenticate?

Investigation into the efficacy of text modification: What type of text do learners of Japanese authenticate?

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