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Rahman, Zia Ur; Iqbal, Zafar – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2019
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension of public secondary schools of Islamabad. The sample was based on 124 students; 72 male and 52 female from 12 public sector secondary schools. The students were selected conveniently from 10th grade with age range from 13 to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Secondary School Students, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary
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Pasquarella, Adrian; Gottardo, Alexandra; Grant, Amy – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2012
This study examined factors related to reading comprehension in adolescents who spoke English as a first language (L1) and English as a second language (L2). Measures of decoding, vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension were administered to 31 L1 and 44 L2 speakers. English L2 adolescents scored significantly lower than their L1 peers on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Reading Comprehension, English
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Hoien-Tengesdal, Ingjerd; Hoien, Torleiv – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
The purpose of the present study was twofold: First, the authors investigated if an extended version of the component model of reading (CMR; Model 2), including decoding rate and oral vocabulary comprehension, accounted for more of the variance in reading comprehension than the commonly used measures of the cognitive factors in the CMR. Second,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Structural Equation Models, Grade 6
Strebel Halpern, Carine S. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The explicit teaching of reading comprehension strategies has been proposed as a means to better prepare secondary school-aged students for today's information-dense, fast-paced, fast-changing global society, and to improve the academic performance of struggling adolescent readers. This proposition of a direct and positive impact of reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Standardized Tests
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Shaftel, Julia; Belton-Kocher, Evelyn; Glasnapp, Douglas; Poggio, John – Educational Assessment, 2006
The impact of language characteristics in mathematics test items on student performance was evaluated for students with disabilities (SWD) and English language learners (ELL) as well as a large general student sample. Relationships were examined for test items and students at 4th, 7th, and 10th grades. The individual test item was the unit of…
Descriptors: Test Items, Mathematics Tests, English (Second Language), Disabilities