Abstract
This study is another in a continuing series on the effects of feedback on text comprehension. Subjects reconstructed scrambled versions of qualitatively similar texts. One version (route) was based on the sequential order of locations encountered in a drive through a mythical town; the other described the same town in geographical terms (survey). The reconstruction process was assisted by information regarding the appropriateness of sentence placement. Feedback was provided in the form of either tokens or access to a map of the town. Results were in line with previous research: (1) Recall of text was superior for the route version and particularly with map assistance, (2) discrimination between paraphrases and original sentences in the passage was not a function of either version or feedback, and (3) concordance between the reconstructed passage sentence order and the original passage was not related to either recall or recognition. The results support previous assumptions regarding the specificity of effects for text content and feedback.
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