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Stang Lund, Elisabeth; Bråten, Ivar; Brandmo, Christian; Brante, Eva W.; Strømsø, Helge I. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
The purpose of this study was to test a hypothesized model that specified direct and indirect effects of textual and individual factors on readers' ability to integrate information about sources and content when reading multiple conflicting texts on a controversial socio-scientific issue. Using a path analytic approach with a sample of 140…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Information Sources
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Kanniainen, Laura; Kiili, Carita; Tolvanen, Asko; Aro, Mikko; Leppänen, Paavo H. T. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
The present study evaluated the extent to which literacy skills (reading fluency, written spelling, and reading comprehension), together with nonverbal reasoning, prior knowledge, and gender, are related to students' online research and comprehension (ORC) performance. The ORC skills of 426 sixth graders were measured using a Finnish adaptation of…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Skills, Online Searching, Student Research