ERIC Number: EJ1057507
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-May
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0922-4777
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Inferential Processing among Adequate and Struggling Adolescent Comprehenders and Relations to Reading Comprehension
Barth, Amy E.; Barnes, Marcia; Francis, David; Vaughn, Sharon; York, Mary
Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v28 n5 p587-609 May 2015
Separate mixed model analyses of variance were conducted to examine the effect of textual distance on the accuracy and speed of text consistency judgments among adequate and struggling comprehenders across grades 6-12 (n = 1,203). Multiple regressions examined whether accuracy in text consistency judgments uniquely accounted for variance in comprehension. Results suggest that there is considerable growth across the middle and high school years, particularly for adequate comprehenders in those text integration processes that maintain local coherence. Accuracy in text consistency judgments accounted for significant unique variance for passage-level, but not sentence-level comprehension, particularly for adequate comprehenders.
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Accuracy, Statistical Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, Middle School Students, High School Students, Skill Development, Reading Skills, Sentences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305F100013