Profiles of Warm and Cold Cognition in Multiple Document Comprehension

• In Event: 31.032 - Multisourcing as a Teaching and Learning Activity

Abstract

We explored potential profiles of warm and cold cognition by performing cluster analysis in a sample of upper-secondary students. Differences among the profile groups with regard to multiple document use were examined. The resulting profiles were partly consistent with the default stances described by the cognitive-affective engagement model of multiple source use (List & Alexander, 2017). However, the model’s assumption that interest and attitude constitute one affective engagement dimension was not confirmed. There were no differences between the profile groups in processing of a set of multiple documents. However, students categorized as critical analytic readers included more information units from the documents in their written products, and also integrated those information units more frequently compared to the other groups.

Authors

• Helge I. Stromso, University of Oslo

• Ivar Braten, University of Oslo

• Eva Wennås Brante, Malmö University