Even though relationships between elements are studied more, some scholars suggested having both canonical schematic structure and meaningful relationship in studying coherence have a stronger prediction in understanding reading comprehehsion

Claremont Graduate University

Coherence has to include the meaningful relationship among each elements 

2) Coherence– Meaningful Relationship

Coherence is a canonical schematic structure, which is the rule of narrative ordering that shapes readers’ mental representation of their narrative text 

1) Coherence– Canonical Schematic Structure

Narrative Comprehension, Causality, and Coherence: Essays in Honor of Tom Trabasso. (1999). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. 

Reading Comprehension + Cognitive Psychology

Readers can create relationships between elements because of causal, category, spacial, emotional, etc. 

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