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Kate Cain; Nicola K. Currie; Gillian Francey; Robert Davies; Shelley Gray; Mindy S. Bridges; M. Adelaida Restrepo; Marilyn S. Thompson; Margeaux F. Ciraolo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2025
Background: We examined the influence of text and reader characteristics on sixth graders' inference generation. Methods: Eleven- to 12-year-old US monolingual English speakers (N = 71) and Spanish-English bilinguals (N = 81) read narrative and informational expository texts requiring an inference and answered an inference-tapping question after…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Student Characteristics, Grade 6, Inferences
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van den Bosch, Liza J.; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
The aim of this study was to examine variation in early reading comprehension development for second language (L2) readers compared with first language (L1) readers and to investigate the impact of vocabulary knowledge in their first and second language. Participants were 75 Dutch monolingual children (L1 readers) and 71 Turkish-Dutch bilingual…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Native Language
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Frawley, Jack; Watt, Ron – Curriculum and Teaching, 2011
Research investigating the cognitive effect of bilingualism on mathematical learning began just over 25 years ago and has progressed from there, although research focusing on the Asia-Pacific region is still quite limited. This paper presents details about a current project in this area. CARE's Riel Maths research project investigates ethnic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, Minority Group Students