PERCEIVED CHOICE OF PROSE MATERIALS BY YOUNG AND ELDERLY ADULTS

Autor:	Gary E. Kline, Harvey A. Taub, Marilyn T. Baker
Rok vydání:	1982
Předmět:	Comprehension Vocabulary Age differences Reading comprehension Reading (process) media_common.quotation_subject Elderly adults Geriatrics and Gerontology Young adult Psychology Education media_common Developmental psychology
Zdroj:	Educational Gerontology. 8:447-453
ISSN:	1521-0472 0360-1277
DOI:	10.1080/0360127820080503
Popis:	Three experiments evaluated the effects of perceived choice upon comprehension and memory of prose reading passages. Participants in the choice conditions selected the titles of the passages they read, while the rest of the volunteers were not given the opportunity to choose. Experiment 1 compared choice and no choice conditions with young (x = 28.3 years) and elderly (x ‐ 68.9 years) adults of various vocabulary levels. Experiments 2 and 3 tested only elderly groups to evaluate a wider range of vocabulary levels and to compare the effects of starting the reading task either immediately after choosing the titles or after a delay of 2 to 3 weeks. The results indicated both age‐ and vocabulary‐related deficits. However, perceived choice conditions did not produce any consistent improvement in performance.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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