Rouet, J. F., Britt, M. A., & Durik, A. M. (2017). RESOLV: Readers' representation of reading contexts and tasks. Educational Psychologist, 52(3), 200-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2017.1329015


Abstract des auteur·trice.s

We introduce RESOLV, a theoretical model to account for readers' construction and management of goals during text comprehension and use. RESOLV focuses on readers' experience of their physical, social, and communicative context prior to actually engaging with texts. RESOLV assumes that readers construct two types of mental models prior to reading: The context model is a representation of the physical and social reading context, whereas the task model is a set of goals and plans that drives readers' decisions and actions in reading. We first present the RESOLV model, and we articulate two core hypotheses. We then present and discuss evidence supporting these hypotheses, from past and more recent research conducted in our labs, as well as in others'. The data support the view that reading decisions and processes are guided by readers' perceptions and attributions regarding the task statement but also more implicit cues from the reading context.

The role of goals and standards in reading

La lecture et la sélection de source est une compétence qui dépasse la simple compréhension de bouts de texte. La compétence de lecture de sources diverses implique la capacité à savoir quoi lire et comment le lire.

Que ce soit une demande (explicite ou implicite) ou un besoin, la lecture de sources diverses implique une représentation des tâches de lecture. Elle peut consister en un but unique, ou un plan bien plus complexe avec une hiérarchie et plusieurs sous-objectifs. Donc le choix de lecture et la manière de le faire dépend de la manière dont l'information va être utilisée par la suite.

Leur idée est que, lorsque quelqu'un lit plusieurs sources, ses choix dépendent de sa représentation initiale de la contextual demand. Leur modèle, RESOLV, a pour but d'expliquer le lien entre la compréhension que le/la lecteur·trice se fait du contexte (et les tâches associées) et les décisions (et stratégies) de lecture qui en découlent.

The RESOLV model of purposeful reading

Underlying assumptions

Overview of RESOLV

Readers' model of reading contexts

Task Models

Hypotheses derived from the RESOLV model

H1. Readers base their reading decisions on their interpretation of task demands (task model hypothesis)

H2. Readers represent contextual cues beyond the task statement itself (Context model hypothesis) =

Empirical evidence regarding the role of task and context models in reading

The Role of a Task Model in Reading Decision Making

Readers Form Models of the Reading Context, Not Just the Task

General discussion