Glowalla, U. (1983). Text recall and text summarization. [Reproduzieren und Zusammenfassen von Texten.] Sprache & Kognition, 2(1), 28-46.

Glowalla, U.

1983

Glowalla, U. (1983). Text recall and text summarization. [Reproduzieren und Zusammenfassen von Texten.] Sprache & Kognition, 2(1), 28-46.

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This article presents the results of 2 studies on the effects of text structure on comprehension and retention. The studies, conducted with 3 different age groups, revealed that the position of a certain statement in the text structure hierarchy determines its conceived importance and that the concreteness of contents determine whether the statement will be recalled or included in a summary. The effects of concreteness were found to be strongly dependent on Ss' age levels.

The results of two experiments with either recall or summarization instructions and with subjects belonging to three different age groups clearly revealed that (a) the importance of a text statement wit respect tot eh course of action and (b)its contents being more or less concrete determine to a great extent, whether the statement will be recalled or included in a summary. As one might expect, the effects of the concreteness variable strongly depend on subject’s age level.

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