Text Comprehension Across Audio and Print: A Person-Centered Study

• In Event: AERA Virtual Poster Session
  In Virtual Poster Session: Division C - Learning and Instruction Virtual Poster Session

Abstract

The use of the audio medium for text delivery has become ubiquitous. Yet, the research comparing audio to its print counterpart is limited in scope. Particularly, studies examining this topic have taken a variable-centered approach. In other words, they remain limited to the comparison of outcome means. So far, research comparing audio and print has ignored individual factors and the contexts that may influence comprehension across these mediums. In response to this gap, we took a person-centered approach to unpack how different combinations of cognitive, affective, and processing behaviors may lead to differing levels of comprehension after listening to and reading text. We found three reader and two listener profiles.

Authors

• Anisha Singh, University of Maryland
  Presenting Author

• Patricia A. Alexander, University of Maryland
  Non-Presenting Author

• Blaine Hoffman, University of Maryland
  Non-Presenting Author