According to psychological experimentation, there is evidence of automatic elaborative inferential activity, as well as of incompleteness in backward inference making (anaphora, causal structuring). McKoon & Ratcliff (1992) have argued for a “minimalist” theory of inference in reading, contrasting it with “constructionist” theories, including theories based on mental or situation model. But, mi...

self-regulation is the ability to regulate one’s cognition, behavior, actions, and motivation strategically and autonomously in order to achieve self-set goals including the learning of academic skills and knowledge. accordingly, self-regulated learning involves self-generated and systematic thoughts and behaviors with the aim of attaining learning goals. with that in mind, this study aimed to ...