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Direct linkTobia, Valentina; Ciancaleoni, Matteo; Bonifacci, Paola – Language Testing, 2017
In this study, two alternative theoretical models were compared, in order to analyze which of them best explains primary school children's text comprehension skills. The first one was based on the distinction between two types of answers requested by the comprehension test: local or global. The second model involved texts' input modality: written…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Tests, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Download full textFoorman, Barbara R.; Petscher, Yaacov; Schatschneider, Chris – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2015
The Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Reading Assessment (FRA) consists of computer-adaptive reading comprehension and oral language screening tasks that provide measures to track growth over time, as well as a Probability of Literacy Success (PLS) linked to grade-level performance (i.e., the 50th percentile) on the reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Written Language
Li, Jun – College Board, 2012
The purpose of this literature review is to identify the most effective instructional principles for English language learners (ELLs) as documented by prominent researchers in the field and existing research reviews. This report is intended as a high-level synthesis of existing reviews of the literature rather than a comprehensive search and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Literature Reviews
Savolainen, Hannu; Ahonen, Timo; Aro, Mikko; Tolvanen, Asko; Holopainen, Leena – Learning and Instruction, 2008
The main aim of this study was to find out what kind of factor model of written language skills could be created on the basis of tests of reading accuracy and fluency, spelling and reading comprehension, and how the written language skills factor and school achievement predict choice of secondary education and what effects gender, special…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Spelling, Written Language, Reading Tests
Roberts, Jenny A.; Scott, Kathleen A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
The Simple View of Reading (P. B. Gough & W. Tunmer, 1986; W. A. Hoover & P. B. Gough, 1990) provides a 2-component model of reading. Each of these 2 components, decoding and comprehension, is necessary for normal reading to occur. The Simple View of Reading provides a relatively transparent model that can be used by professionals not only to…
Descriptors: Written Language, Reading Difficulties, Language Skills, Intervention
Bratcher-Hoskins, Suzanne – 1984
Reading and writing are both creative acts of communication that use written language as a vehicle for meaning. A strong theoretical case for teaching the two processes concurrently can be built by examining points of contact between reading and writing. One such point is context concerns. The Communication Triangle model (author/audience/…
Descriptors: Models, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies
Peer reviewedLomax, Richard G.; McGee, Lea M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1987
Presents results of tested theoretical models of the development of print concepts and word reading. Indicates that children expand their knowledge in each of the following print components with age: print, graphic awareness, phonemic awareness, grapheme-phoneme correspondence knowledge, and word reading components. (NKA)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Decoding (Reading), Early Childhood Education, Early Reading
Ruddell, Robert B., Ed.; Unrau, Norman J., Ed. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2004
For years this landmark book has helped educators, graduate students, and researchers shape their curriculum and stay informed about the latest developments in literacy research and instruction. This fifth edition continues the book's tradition of exemplary scholarship and remains a resource for the most innovative thinking in the field. Although…
Descriptors: Reading, Models, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
