In this study, 58 Norwegian undergraduates read 10 paragraphs on a relatively unfamiliar topic. Verbal protocol analysis was used to assess strategic text processing at different levels of depth, and post-reading written reports on the topic were used to assess text comprehension. Findings indicated that irrelevant processing was negatively and a combination of surface- and deeper-level strategies was positively related to comprehension performance, but that only irrelevant processing was a unique (negative) predictor of performance after individual differences in reading comprehension skills and prior topic knowledge had been controlled for. Finally, a combination of surface- and deeper-level strategies in the absence of irrelevant prosessing was found to mediate the effect on prior topic knowledge on comprehension performance. Taken together, these findings highlight the potential value of combining strategies at different levels of depth into a broad strategic approach for readers who lack competence or expertise in an area. As such, they may have educational as well as theoretical implications that are discussed in the article.

在这项研究中，58 名挪威本科生阅读了 10 段关于一个相对陌生的话题。口头协议分析用于评估不同深度级别的战略文本处理，并使用有关该主题的阅读后书面报告来评估文本理解。研究结果表明，无关处理是负面的，表面和更深层次策略的组合与理解表现正相关，但在阅读理解技能和先前主题知识存在个体差异后，只有无关处理是表现的独特（负面）预测因子已被控制。最后，发现在没有不相关处理的情况下，表面和更深层次策略的组合可以调节先前主题知识对理解性能的影响。综合起来，这些发现强调了将不同深度的战略结合到广泛的战略方法中的潜在价值，对于在某个领域缺乏能力或专业知识的读者来说。因此，它们可能具有本文中讨论的教育和理论意义。