THEORY AND READING COI REHENSION: NEW DIRECTIONS

Considerable attention has'.been devoted in recent, years to theories of text ComprehetSion.-and recall that stress the importance of 'preexisting knowledge structures or schemata. While.the valuable contribution such research has made to the understanding of the reading process and the various'disabilities that often attend its acquisition must be acknowledged, several shortcomings of schema-theoretic, work pay restrict its future usefulness. These areas cf concern include the specification of component processes and their patterns of co-occurrence in less able readers; individual differences:in comprehension style;efficiency of knowledge-based prccessing (including issues of automaticity, immersion, cognitive economy of representation, and:ecdnomical deployment of resources): learning (including. trans- situational integration and conceptual changel: and nondenntative aspects of underst'anding.- (Author/RL) ****** * **************_************** * *** *. *****. * * ********** RepXoductionssUpplied.by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.. **4******************************************** * ******** CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF READIN