Reading Comprehension in Educational Settings

Easiness of navigation within a website is an important factor for information seeking performance. Several cognitive models exist that simulate the web-navigation process and these models in turn can be useful in supporting information seeking behavior. In this chapter we first discuss previous work we did on further developing a cognitive model of web-navigation CoLiDeS ( Co mprehension-based Li nked model of De liberate S earch) that takes information from pictures into consideration, next to