Processing of situational information in story problem texts an analysis from on-line measuresan analysis from on-line measures

  1. Orrantia Rodríguez, José 2
  2. Múñez Méndez, David 2
  3. Vicente Martín, Santiago 2
  4. Verschaffel, Lieven 1
  5. Rosales Pardo, Javier 2
  1. 1 KU Leuven
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    KU Leuven

    Lovaina, Bélgica

    ROR https://ror.org/05f950310

  2. 2 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2014

Volumen: 17

Páginas: 1-14

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1017/SJP.2014.8 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Resumen

In three experiments, we investigated the extent to which readers process information related to the construction of a situation model when they are confronted with solving word problems. Considering that generation of inferences to match actions with particular goals is part of constructing of the situation model, we constructed �rich story problems�, that is, word problems included in the context of a story, in which the characters propose goals, and then these goals are followed by actions to achieve it. In Experiments 1 and 2 the story problems were designed so that the character�s goal was related to the activation of a problem schema, either explicitly (Experiment 1) or implicitly (Experiment 2). In Experiment 3 the problem schema activation was clearly separated from the goal information. In all three experiments, goal information availability was assessed by on-line measures. The results showed that participants processed situational information by keeping track of characters� goals. These results fit nicely with those studies that emphasize the role of situation model construction in word problem solving.

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