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The Influence of Comprehensibility on Interest and Comprehension

Published:2022-08-12 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1010-0652
Container-title:Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie
language:en
Short-container-title:Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie

Author:

Friedrich Marcus C. G.¹^ORCID,Heise Elke¹

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Educational Psychology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

Abstract

Abstract. Comprehensibility (readability) is understood as the ease with which a certain reader can conduct the processes needed to comprehend a certain text in a certain situation. Comprehensibility is a special form of fluency and has been shown to have a considerable influence on comprehension. Based on fluency theory and the four-phase model of interest development, hypotheses are derived regarding the positive influence of comprehensibility on comprehension, interestingness, and interest. A study with N = 302 university students and 15 texts showed substantial effects of comprehensibility on all dependent variables, regardless of which of three instruments was used to assess comprehensibility: one of two comprehensibility questionnaires or the LIX readability formula. The results highlight the importance of fluency for the design of learning materials.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

Developmental and Educational Psychology

Link

https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1024/1010-0652/a000349

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