Kathryn McCarthy

The purpose of this project is to better understand student coherence building, which students use to develop a coherent mental model of a text. Understanding text is a vital activity, enabling us to fully engage in our communities, whether through printed advertisements, electronic messaging, or signs for highway navigation. Students who struggle with coherence building have difficulty achieving deep comprehension. Using previously collected data sets, researchers will examine coherence-bui...

There is increased interest in students' processing of multiple documents (MD), in part due to the explosion of information and texts readily available in our modern, technology-driven society. Having a better understanding of the processes involved in this complex task and the strategies that lead to improvements in MD comprehension is critical for developing effective interventions and instructional approaches. The purpose of this project is to explore the benefits of self-explanation (i.e...