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Direct linkNannan Cui; Yang Wang; Jiefei Luo; Yan Wu – Journal of Research in Reading, 2024
Background: Executive function (EF) plays a crucial role in children's reading. However, previous studies were based on offline products of reading comprehension. Online research is needed to reveal the core mechanisms underlying children's reading processing. By measuring children's working memory (WM) and cognitive flexibility (CF), we…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Eye Movements, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
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
The Contribution of Cognitive Flexibility to Children's Reading Comprehension -- The Case for Danish
Søndergaard Knudsen, Hanne B.; Jensen de López, Kristine; Archibald, Lisa M. D. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Multiple cognitive skills support the acquisition of proficient reading skills. Higher order processing abilities allowing the engagement and integration of multiple ideas collectively referred to as executive functions may be particularly important in reading comprehension. In the present study, 39 Danish school age children completed executive…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
