Assessing the Cognitive Demands of a Century of Reading Curricula: An Analysis of Reading Text and Comprehension Tasks from 1910 to 2000

Autor/inn/en	Stevens, Robert J.; Lu, Xiaofei; Baker, David P.; Ray, Melissa N.; Eckert, Sarah A.; Gamson, David A.
Titel	Assessing the Cognitive Demands of a Century of Reading Curricula: An Analysis of Reading Text and Comprehension Tasks from 1910 to 2000
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 52 (2015) 3, S.582-617 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831215573531
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Processes; Difficulty Level; Reading Instruction; Curriculum; Educational History; Reading Comprehension; Grade 3; Grade 6; Trend Analysis; Textbooks; Curriculum Evaluation; Syntax; Short Term Memory; Reading Processes; Coding; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Leseunterricht; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Leseverstehen; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Trendanalyse; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Evaluierung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Leseprozess; Codierung; Programmierung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This research investigated the cognitive demands of reading curricula from 1910 to 2000. We considered both the nature of the text used and the comprehension tasks asked of students in determining the cognitive demands of the curricula. Contrary to the common assumption of a trend of simplification of the texts and comprehension tasks in third- and sixth-grade curricula, the results indicate that curricular complexity declined early in the century and leveled off over the middle decades but has notably increased since the 1970s, particularly for the third-grade curricula. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01