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Why Do You Read? Toward a More Comprehensive Model of Reading Comprehension: The Role of Standards of Coherence, Reading Goals, and Interest
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Calloway, Regina Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Readers read for different purposes and the texts they read vary in topic and difficulty. These situational factors influence standards of coherence--how much understanding a reader aims to have for a given text. Three studies examined whether individual differences in reader-based standards of coherence influenced off-line and on-line…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Individual Differences, Reading Habits, Reading Strategies
The Influence of Linguistic Input Complexity and Language Learners' Individual Differences in Working Memory and Language Aptitude on Second Language Writing Performance
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Alyssa Vuogan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Second language (L2) writing has been determined to be influenced by what is read, with language learners tending to borrow words and short phrases from input texts while writing (e.g., Wang & Wang, 2015). This phenomenon is referred to as lexical alignment. Only one empirical study has investigated the influence that the linguistic complexity…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Individual Differences
Constraint on Absolute Accuracy of Metacomprehension Assessments: The Anchoring and Adjustment Model vs. the Standards Model
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Kwon, Heekyung – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The objective of this study is to provide a systematic account of three typical phenomena surrounding absolute accuracy of metacomprehension assessments: (1) the absolute accuracy of predictions is typically quite low; (2) there exist individual differences in absolute accuracy of predictions as a function of reading skill; and (3) postdictions…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
A Latent Growth Curve Analysis of Reading Achievement for an At-Risk Population
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Beecher, Constance C. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The development of reading skills from age seven until age 19 was investigated for children who were referred for special education preschool intervention using latent growth curve analysis (n=206). Approximately one-third of the study sample did not require special education services after preschool, providing a natural comparison group. Reading…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, At Risk Students, Reading Skills, Special Education
Processing Relative Clauses in First and Second Language: A Case Study
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Kashiwagi, Akiko – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation investigates processing of English and Japanese relative clause (RC) sentences by native speakers and second/foreign language (L2) learners. Particularly, the relationship between the sentence processing and individual differences in working memory (WM) capacity was examined. The main question addressed in this study is whether…
Descriptors: Sentences, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Japanese
Individual Differences and Text Genre in L2 French Reading Comprehension
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Foss, Julie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Reading in another language (L2) is a complex, multidimensional process dependent upon both reader-based and text-based factors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles of reader-based individual difference variables and of the text-based variable of genre in reading comprehension in French. The sample included 153 adult learners…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Study Habits, Structural Equation Models, French