The influence of graphic-text correspondence and text coherence on children's reading comprehension and attitude toward reading

The aim of this study was to improve text comprehension, regardless of text\ud coherence, thanks to the use of adjunct graphics at different levels of correspondence\ud with the text. From the basis of Schnotz's integration of text and picture comprehension,\ud we developed six modalities designed to enhance text comprehension for young readers.\ud Two levels of text coherence were used: low coherence and high coherence. Two levels\ud of adjunct graphics were used: low correspondence with the text and high correspondence\ud with the text. Additionally a control condition was used, without adjunct graphic. We\ud found no significant differences between the six conditions in the immediate performance\ud of the readers. After a week delay, a decrease of comprehension was observed only for a\ud text of low coherence accompanied by a low corresponding graphic.\ud viiiCSU, Chic