How Well Do You Think You Summarize? Metacomprehension Accuracy in Younger and Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Metacomprehension monitoring accuracy in older age may be underestimated because of how it has been measured. Metacomprehension in the present study was uniquely measured by comparing summary quality to summary quality judgments. The effect of age on this accuracy was assessed and results were compared to those measured with the typical approach. The moderation of age effects by reading goal was also assessed but was an exploratory objective.1.

Method

Younger adults (141) and older adults (138) read and orally summarized six expository texts. Participants were randomly assigned to a reading goal condition, with half of each age group summarizing for a professor/boss and half summarizing for an acquaintance. Participants made judgments about the quality of their su

SUBMITTER: Fulton EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502466 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature