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An Investigation of the Mediating Role of Various Variables in the Effect of Both Gender and Economic, Social and Cultural Status on Reading Literacy
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Kogar, Esin Yilmaz – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
The present study was based on the Turkish sample in PISA 2009 and PISA 2018. To investigate the effect of both gender and economic, social and cultural status index on reading literacy, the causal mediation effect was utilized in order to test the mediating role of the following variables: enjoyment of reading, the metacognitive strategy of…
Descriptors: Literacy, Gender Differences, Cultural Background, Socioeconomic Status
Is Vocabulary a Strong Variable Predicting Reading Comprehension and Does the Prediction Degree of Vocabulary Vary According to Text Types
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Yildirim, Kasim; Yildiz, Mustafa; Ates, Seyit – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore whether there was a significant correlation between vocabulary and reading comprehension in terms of text types as well as whether the vocabulary was a predictor of reading comprehension in terms of text types. In this regard, the correlational research design was used to explain specific research…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Research Design, Regression (Statistics), Grade 5