@article {21536, title = {Assessing structure building in college classrooms at scale}, journal = {Applied Cognitive PsychologyApplied Cognitive PsychologyAppl Cognit Psychol}, volume = {34}, year = {2020}, month = {2020/05/01}, pages = {747 - 753}, abstract = {Summary Structure building refers to the way in which people construct meaning from incoming information by creating a foundation of mental nodes, mapping incoming information to the foundational structure, and shifting to a new structure when necessary. Structure building ability has been shown to moderate learning both in laboratory-based and classroom-based research (e.g., use of outlines for effective note-taking and course final grades, respectively). However, measurement of structure building can be resource intensive. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate a shortened, scalable measure of structure building (developed by a textbook publisher) in a real-world context. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that this tool, embedded in the online ancillary materials accompanying a textbook, can be used to measure a variable that is relevant to students{\textquoteright} learning in introductory psychology courses.}, keywords = {higher education, measurement, reader ability, structure building, translational science}, isbn = {0888-4080}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3643}, author = {Soicher, Raechel N. and Kathryn A. Becker-Blease} }