Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Friedrich, Marcus C. G.
• Heise, Elke

Titel

The Influence of Comprehensibility on Interest and Comprehension

Ist Teil von

• Zeitschrift für pädagogische Psychologie (Bern, Switzerland), 2022-08

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Comprehensibility (readability) is understood as the ease with which a certain reader can conduct the processes needed to comprehend a certain text in a certain situation. Comprehensibility is a special form of fluency and has been shown to have a considerable influence on comprehension. Based on fluency theory and the four-phase model of interest development, hypotheses are derived regarding the positive influence of comprehensibility on comprehension, interestingness, and interest. A study with N = 302 university students and 15 texts showed substantial effects of comprehensibility on all dependent variables, regardless of which of three instruments was used to assess comprehensibility: one of two comprehensibility questionnaires or the LIX readability formula. The results highlight the importance of fluency for the design of learning materials.