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Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Petscher, Yaacov – Annals of Dyslexia, 2021
We investigated the contributions of multiple strands of factors--individual characteristics (struggling reader status, working memory, vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, knowledge-based inference, theory of mind, comprehension monitoring), a text feature (narrative vs. expository genre), and question types (literal and inferential)--to one's…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Oral Language, Listening Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Petscher, Yaacov – Grantee Submission, 2020
We investigated the contributions of multiple strands of factors--individual characteristics (struggling reader status, working memory, vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, knowledge-based inference, theory of mind, comprehension monitoring), a text feature (narrative vs. expository genre), and question types (literal and inferential)--to one's…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Oral Language, Listening Comprehension, Elementary School Students
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De La Paz, Susan; Wissinger, Daniel R. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2015
Historians use a range of genres in presenting their subjects, yet educators have increasingly privileged argumentation to help novices to reason with historical content. However, the influence genre and content knowledge are relatively unmeasured in this discipline. To learn more, the authors asked 101 eleventh-grade students to compose an…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High School Students, History, Persuasive Discourse