Processing of situational information in story problem texts an analysis from on-line measures: an analysis from on-line measures

• José Orrantia Rodríguez ^[1] ; David Múñez Méndez ^[1] ; Santiago Vicente Martín ^[1] ; Lieven Verschaffel ^[2] ; Javier Rosales Pardo ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Salamanca

     Universidad de Salamanca

     Salamanca, España

     
  2. [2] KU Leuven

     KU Leuven

     Arrondissement Leuven, Bélgica

     
• Localización: The Spanish Journal of Psychology, ISSN 1138-7416, Vol. 17, 2014, págs. 1-14
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In three experiments, we investigated the extent to which readers process information related to the construction of a situation model when they are confronted with solving word problems. Considering that generation of inferences to match actions with particular goals is part of constructing of the situation model, we constructed �rich story problems�, that is, word problems included in the context of a story, in which the characters propose goals, and then these goals are followed by actions to achieve it. In Experiments 1 and 2 the story problems were designed so that the character�s goal was related to the activation of a problem schema, either explicitly (Experiment 1) or implicitly (Experiment 2). In Experiment 3 the problem schema activation was clearly separated from the goal information. In all three experiments, goal information availability was assessed by on-line measures. The results showed that participants processed situational information by keeping track of characters� goals. These results fit nicely with those studies that emphasize the role of situation model construction in word problem solving.