research on reading comprehension pdf

Abstract —This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness. of reading strategies on reading comprehension of the second. year English major students who enrolled to study English. Reading ...

Reading comprehension is one of the most complex behaviors in which humans engage. Reading theorists have grappled with how to comprehensively and meaningfully portray reading comprehension and many different theoretical models have been proposed in recent decades (McNamara & Magliano, 2009; Perfetti & Stafura, 2014).These models range from broad theoretical models depicting the relationships ...

Summary and Keywords. Reading comprehension requires the construction of a coherent mental representation of the information in a text. Reading involves three interrelated elements—the reader, the text, and the activity, all situated into a broader sociocultural context.

Abstract. Reading comprehension is one of the most complex cognitive activities in which humans engage, making it difficult to teach, measure, and research. Despite decades of research in reading comprehension, international and national reading scores indicate stagnant growth for U.S. adolescents.

Poor Reading Comprehension Despite Adequate Decoding: A Meta-Analysis Mercedes Spencer and Richard K. Wagner Florida State University and the Florida Center for Reading Research The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the comprehension prob-lems of children who have a specific reading comprehension deficit (SCD),

The teacher researchers intended to improve reading comprehension by using higher-order thinking skills such as predicting, making connections, visualizing, inferring, questioning, and summarizing. In their classrooms the teacher researchers modeled these strategies through the think-aloud process and graphic organizers.

Decades of research offer important understandings about the nature of comprehension and its development. Drawing on both classic and contemporary research, in this article, we identify some key understandings about reading comprehension processes and instruction, including these: Comprehension instruction should begin early, teaching word-reading and bridging skills (including ...

reading comprehension is measured and research that addresses this concern is reviewed. Suggests related to how reading comprehension can be improved are presented. Keywords: reading comprehension, strategies, testing Introduction Reading is an activity performed to develop an understanding of a subject or topic.

Doing so requires drawing on extant research to understand the core components and processes of reading comprehension. This article reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the construction of meaning during reading comprehension and derives implications for research, practice, and policy related to instruction and assessment.

Reading comprehension is one of the most complex cognitive activities in which humans engage, making it difficult to teach, measure, and research. Despite decades of research in reading ...

red_c7_l6r_pa_duke.pdf Reading comprehension research has a long and rich history. There is much that we can say about both the nature of reading comprehension as a process and about effective reading comprehension instruction. Most of what we know has been learned since 1975. Why have we been able to make so much progress so fast?

Reading comprehension is the application of a skill that evolved for other purposes. (listening or oral comprehension) to a new form of input (text). Unlike listening. comprehension, reading ...

unprepared to teach reading skills and strategies. Research also shows that most teachers focused on assessing the reading comprehension level of their students and not on teaching them how to comprehend better (Gill, 2008). This paper provides a brief review of researches conducted on teaching reading comprehension strategies and its theories.

Understanding Initiative) recognized that reading comprehension was multidimensional, but it had been common practice in educa-tion and research for some time to study, assess, and provide instruction as if comprehension were a skill, rather like swimming. If we teach someone to swim, they can soon transfer that skill to any

Reading Comprehension: What Educators Need to Know Research over the last several decades indicates that reading comprehension involves a complex set of cognitive and linguistic processes. Paul Van den Broek, a cognitive scientist, theorized with his colleagues5 that reading comprehension incorporates a "landscape" of concepts that are ...

The instructional approach adopted in this study was Direct Explanation; the strategy instruction can be characterized as cognitive, simultaneously, emphasizing the development of students' metacognitive awareness of reading comprehension with the goal of enhancing their reading achievement and rendering them strategic and independent readers.

Reading strategies are key elements in developing students' reading comprehension. According to [14], reading strategies influence readers in adjusting their reading behaviors to work on text difficulty, task demands and other contextual variables. Reading is a highly strategic process during which

Research has revealed developmental differences in the reading comprehension skills of readers (Chae, 2004). The results of van den Broek's (1997) study indicated that younger students were not as ... reading comprehension for second language learners, whereas a weak or nonsignificant relationship (r . IOJPE ISSN: 1300 - 915X

Successful reading comprehension demands complex cognitive skills, and, consequently, motivation to make meaning from text. Research on reading motivation and engagement can inform policy aimed at improving reading achievement. Multiple dimensions of reading motivation and engagement—and instructional practices for bolstering each one—draw on

To improve student comprehension, teachers can instruct reading strategies (Küçükoglu 2013). Strategies such as predicting, making connections, visualizing, inferring, questioning, and ...

curriculum design and reading activities to improve the extent of reading comprehension among ESL learners. The prevalence of reading comprehension is actually the output of decoding and understanding, and such process becomes more complex for second language learners (Tobia & Bonifacci, 2015)). This study enlightens the

A Health Literacy Assessment Tool for Patient Care and Research The Newest Vital Sign (NVS) is a valid and reliable screening tool available in English and Spanish that identifies patients at risk for low health literacy. It is easy and quick to administer, requiring just three minutes. In clinical settings, the test allows providers to appropriately adapt their communication practices to the ...

Reading comprehension is one of the most complex cognitive activities in which humans engage, making it difficult to teach, measure, and research. Despite decades of research in reading comprehension, international and national reading scores indicate stagnant growth for U.S. adolescents.

Solution. 85-92. 93-118. 120-124. 3. in Macatoc Elementary School. I. ABSTRACT. Teachers need to focus on extensive comprehension instruction. with all students, not just successful readers.

To evaluate the reading comprehension skills of the study's sample, a reading comprehension test was administered to both the experimental and control groups. The examination consisted of multiple-choice questions. The texts and questions were modified from books for eleventh-grade students that had