Self-reported internet skills, previous knowledge and working memory in text comprehension in E-learning

Debora I. Burin ^[1] ; Natalia Irrazabal ^[3] ; Irene Injoque Ricle ^[1] ; Gaston Saux ^[2] ; Juan Pablo Barreyro ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad de Buenos Aires
  
  Universidad de Buenos Aires
  
  Argentina
2. [2] Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
  
  Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
  
  Argentina
3. [3] Universidad de Palermo (Argentina)
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Localización: International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, ISSN 2365-9440, Nº. 15, 2018
Idioma: inglés
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- We examined the contribution of Internet operational and navigation skills, previous knowledge, and working memory capacity to expository text comprehension as a lesson within an e-learning course. As different from previous studies in controlled settings; this study addressed students’ typical behavior in more ecological conditions. The first study tested self-reported Internet Skills Scale structure, reliability and concurrent validity, in a sample of 254 college students from a large Latin American public university. The second study addressed the contribution of selfreported Internet skills, previous domain knowledge, and working memory capacity to text comprehension in e-learning. Students (n = 125) read high or low previous knowledge expository science texts and answered questions about them, in an e-learning course specifically designed for research purposes, accessed remotely.
  
  They also completed working memory tests. Working memory and navigation were significantly associated with text comprehension: higher working memory, and lower scores in self-reported navigation behavior, led to better comprehension. These results have implications for instructional design and reading strategies interventions.