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The influence of language knowledge and test components on reading comprehension scores
This study investigated the dependability of reading comprehension scores across different text genres and response formats for readers with varied...
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Examining the reading-related competencies of struggling adult readers: nuances across reading comprehension assessments and performance levels
Research with school-age readers suggests that the contributions of reading and language skills vary across reading comprehension assessments and...
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Basic reading and reading-related language skills in adults with deficient reading comprehension who read a transparent orthography
This study set out to examine the basic reading skills (accuracy and fluency in decoding, word and text reading) and some of the reading-related...
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Aural and Written Comprehension by Persons with Down Syndrome
We report the results of tests of comprehension in persons with Down Syndrome (DS) of the 10 syntactic structures reviewed in Chap. 2...
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Examining the effects of integrated instruction on Chinese sixth-graders’ reading comprehension, motivation, and strategy use in reading fiction books
Reading is a complex task that requires cognitive and emotional engagement. The integrated instruction approach, incorporating strategy instruction...
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Comprehension of grammatical aspect markers le and zai in a diverse sample of Mandarin-exposed preschool children with autism spectrum disorder
Vulnerability of morphosyntactic production, including grammatical aspect, has been identified in at least some children with autism spectrum...
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Examining vocabulary, reading comprehension, and content knowledge instruction during fourth grade social studies teaching
Teaching vocabulary and reading comprehension during social studies instruction is critical for reading development and the acquisition of content...
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Language skills, and not executive functions, predict the development of reading comprehension of early readers: evidence from an orthographically transparent language
The simple view of reading proposes that the development of reading comprehension in early elementary school is best predicted by children’s fluent...
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The influence of student engagement on the effects of an inferential reading comprehension intervention for struggling middle school readers
Although many students benefit from evidence-based reading comprehension interventions, not all students will exhibit adequate response. Moderation...
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Word-to-text integration in English as a second language reading comprehension
We assessed the relationship between word-to-text-integration (WTI) and reading comprehension in 7th grade students ( n = 441) learning English as a...
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Literacy-supporting skills in college students with specific reading comprehension deficit and developmental language disorder
Specific reading comprehension deficit (S-RCD) and developmental language disorder (DLD) are both commonly occurring developmental disorders of...
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Suprasegmental but not segmental phonological awareness matters in understanding bilingual reading comprehension difficulties in Chinese and English: a 3-year longitudinal study
This study examined whether, and if so how, L1 and L2 segmental and suprasegmental phonological awareness is longitudinally related to L1 and L2...
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Reading comprehension on word- and sentence-level can be predicted by orthographic knowledge for German children with poor reading proficiency
Previous studies mostly examined the role of orthographic knowledge in basic reading processing (i.e., word-reading), however, regarding higher...
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Whole Text Reading Comprehension: An Application of Task-Based Language Assessment
In ESL context, we often assess reading on the basis of a set of sub-skills, while assessment of whole text comprehension is not used very commonly....
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Kindergarten pre-reading skills predict Grade 9 reading comprehension (PISA Reading) but fail to explain gender difference
One of the aims for compulsory education is to diminish or alleviate differences in children’s skills existing prior to school entry. However, a...
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Facilitating the Comprehension of Academic Content in the TOEFL iBT Test Preparation Classroom
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT test is required by many universities for admission which has fostered training businesses in...