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José-Pablo Escobar; Alejandra Meneses; Evelyn Hugo; Ana Taboada Barber; Maximiliano Montenegro – Journal of Research in Reading, 2024
Background: Cognitive and linguistic factors have been incorporated into models to explain reading comprehension beyond classical models of reading. This study explores the contribution of executive functions, mainly domain-general and reading-specific cognitive flexibility, in reading comprehension of science texts in monolingual Spanish speaking…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Academic Language, Vocabulary Development
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Fesel, Sabine S.; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
The present study examined children's digital text comprehension of digital text types linear digital text vs hypertext, with or without graphical navigable overviews. We investigated to what extent individual variation in children's comprehension could be explained by lexical quality (word reading efficiency and vocabulary knowledge), cognitive…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Individual Differences, Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing
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Welie, Camille; Schoonen, Rob; Kuiken, Folkert; Bergh, Huub – Journal of Research in Reading, 2017
The present study examined whether knowledge of connectives contributes uniquely to expository text comprehension above and beyond reading fluency, general vocabulary knowledge and metacognitive knowledge. Furthermore, it was examined whether this contribution differs for readers with different language backgrounds or readers who vary in reading…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Reading Comprehension, Secondary School Students, Indo European Languages
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Ravid, Dorit; Mashraki, Yael Epel – Journal of Research in Reading, 2007
Employing prosody skillfully, one of the cornerstones of fluent reading, is an indicator of text comprehension. Morphological knowledge has been shown to underlie lexical acquisition and to be related to reading development. The relationship between reading comprehension, prosodic reading and morphological knowledge was investigated in 51…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Grade 4, Reading Comprehension, Semitic Languages