1. Effects of Text Genre and Structure on 4th- and 5th-grade Students’ High-level Comprehension in Small-group Discussions Open Access Author: Li, Mengyi Title: Effects of Text Genre and Structure on 4th- and 5th-grade Students’ High-level Comprehension in Small-group Discussions Graduate Program: Educational Psychology Keywords: reading comprehensiontext-based discussiontext genretext structureQuality Talk File: Download Thesis_Mengyi_Li.pdf Committee Members: Bonnie J Meyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPricilla Karen Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF TEXT GENRE, PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, AND PERCEIVED INTERESTINGNESS ON STUDENTS’ ACQUISITION OF HIGH-LEVEL COMPREHENSION Open Access Author: Li, Mengyi Title: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF TEXT GENRE, PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, AND PERCEIVED INTERESTINGNESS ON STUDENTS’ ACQUISITION OF HIGH-LEVEL COMPREHENSION Graduate Program: Educational Psychology Keywords: text-based discussionhigh-level comprehensiontext featureprior knowledgeperceived interestingness File: Download Mengyi_Li_Dissertation_final.pdf Committee Members: P. Karen Murphy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorPeggy Van Meter, Committee MemberPuiwa Lei, Committee MemberJeffrey A. Greene, Committee MemberMosuk Chow, Outside MemberP. Karen Murphy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair