The Landscape Model
The complexity of text comprehension suggests that a computational approach
is useful for describing the cognitive processes involved, along with their
necessary interactions. The computational implementation of the Landscape
Model of reading was designed to meet that need. This model captures both
on-line comprehension processes during reading and the off-line memory representation
after reading is completed, incorporating both memory-based and coherence-based
mechanisms of comprehension. Several studies comparing computational and
behavioral data indicate that the implemented model is able to account for
cycle-by-cycle comprehension processes and memory for a variety of text
types and reading situations. For a detailed description of the model’s
architecture, basic settings, and applications we recommend the papers below.
Tzeng, Y., van den Broek, P., Kendeou, P., & Lee, C.
(2005). The computational implementation of the Landscape Model:
Modeling inferential processes and memory representations of text
comprehension. Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments & Computers,
37, 277-286.
van den Broek,
P., Young, M., Tzeng, Y., & Linderholm, T. (1999). The landscape model
of reading. In H. van Oostendorp & S. R. Goldman (Eds.), The construction
of mental representations during reading (pp. 71-98). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Linderholm, T., Virtue, S., Tzeng, Y., & van den Broek,
P. (2004). Flunctuations in the availability of information during reading:
Capturing cognitive processes using the Landscape Model. Discourse Processes,
37, 165-186.
van den Broek, P.,
Rapp, D. N., & Kendeou, P. (2005). Integrating memory-based and constructionist
approaches in accounts of reading comprehension. Discourse Processes,
39, 299-316.
To obtain a copy of the Landscape Model and receive future updates from
the authors, complete the copyright contract and mail or fax it to Paul
van den Broek. Once he receives the form he will send you a password for
downloading the program.
Contact information
Paul W. van den Broek
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota
168 Education Sciences Building
56 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tel: 612-626-1302
Fax: 612-625-8241
E-mail: pvdbroek@umn.edu
April 2005
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