Readers activate different elements at different points in the text 

Allocation Attention

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 

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

Generation 2: Cognitive Processes During Reading Comprehension

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

Reading Comprehension + Cognitive Psychology

- 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
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Types of Techniques for Reading Comprehension’s Processes

Readers’ Limited Processes

When readers trying to maintain coherence while reading a text 

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