- knowledge activation while reading
- types of process
- factors impacting the process 

Examples of Process of Reading

- In the mid-1980s, researchers focus more on the processes of reading comprehension
- Study attention and knowledge activation and inferences


Generation 2: Process of Reading’s History and Focus

- Eye-tracking techniques
- Computer-directed speeded tasks
Etc. 


Types of Techniques for Reading Comprehension’s Processes

Readers have limited attention and working memory to attend to a small subject from a relevant text; thus, readers have to selectively attend to specific information, which is an allocation of attention 

Readers’ Limited Processes

When readers trying to maintain coherence while reading a text 

Inferences

This generation is influenced by new methodological techniques to understand attention and reading comprehension

Claremont Graduate University

Each generation of research focuses on different aspects of reading comprehension

Three generations of reading comprehension research in psychology: 

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

Reading Comprehension + Cognitive Psychology

To understand the product in reading comprehension, we need to understand mental representation, coherence, and nodes

Generation 1: Product of Reading 

Generation 2: Cognitive Processes During Reading Comprehension

This generation combines the study of product and processes for reading comprehension to understand the topic more

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