Byeong?Young Cho|Lindsay Woodward|Dan Li
Epistemic Processing When Adolescents Read Online: A Verbal Protocol Analysis of More and Less Successful Online Readers
University of Pittsburgh|Drake University|Iowa State University
abstract study examines beliefs adolescent readers hold knowledge knowing activated online reading research questions center pattern readers epistemic processes less productive learning occurs high school students performed critical online reading task controversial topic 10 successful readers 10 less successful readers selected based topic knowledge gain quality questions constructed response online reading epistemic processes two groups 20 readers inferred concurrent verbal reports verbal reports coded classified qualitatively concrete types epistemic processing recognized coded data quantified statistical group comparisons identify interpret emerging patterns results indicated successful online readers tended engage higher order epistemic processes judging information sources monitoring knowing processes regulating alternative knowledgeseeking actions whereas epistemic actions less successful counterparts often disconnected tended function surface level crosscategorical associations found among epistemic judgment monitoring regulation suggesting epistemic processes operate interactively implications studys results discussed relation literacy research practice