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- Title
Recording online processes in task-oriented reading with Read&Answer.
- Authors
Vidal-Abarca, Eduardo; Martinez, Tomás; Salmerón, Ladislao; Cerdán, Raquel; Gilabert, Ramiro; Gil, Laura; Mañá, Amelia; Llorens, Ana C.; Ferris, Ricardo
- Abstract
We present an application to study task-oriented reading processes called Read&Answer. The application mimics paper-and-pencil situations in which a reader interacts with one or more documents to perform a specific task, such as answering questions, writing an essay, or similar activities. Read&Answer presents documents and questions with a mask. The reader unmasks documents and questions so that only a piece of information is available at a time. This way the entire interaction between the reader and the documents on the task is recorded and can be analyzed. We describe Read&Answer and present its applications for research and assessment. Finally, we explain two studies that compare readers' performance on Read&Answer with students' reading times and comprehension levels on a paper-and-pencil task, and on a computer task recorded with eye-tracking. The use of Read&Answer produced similar comprehension scores, although it changed the pattern of reading times.
- Subjects
READING; READING comprehension; TEAMS in the workplace; WORK structure; ONLINE reading programs
- Publication
Behavior Research Methods, 2011, Vol 43, Issue 1, p179
- ISSN
1554-351X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/s13428-010-0032-1