ERIC Number: EJ1457177
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jan
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-4159
EISSN: EISSN-1465-7325
Reading Metacomprehension of Spanish Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, v30 n1 p60-69 2025
Difficulties in monitoring reading comprehension result in poor comprehension. One key aspect of monitoring is metacomprehension, which refers to one's awareness of one's own reading comprehension. Previous studies have observed difficulties in metacomprehension among the deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) population. This study aims to determine whether the metacomprehension of DHH students corresponds to their reading score and whether they are truly capable of adjusting their metacomprehension to the difficulty of the text. We evaluated 25 Spanish-speaking DHH students with reading scores approximately equivalent to Grades 5 or 6 of Primary School. Participants were asked to read a text and answer questions. The texts corresponded to three levels of difficulty (explicit, inferable, and noninferable). The results revealed that the metacomprehension of DHH students corresponded to their reading score. The DHH population may have better reading metacomprehension than is typically assumed, although the manifestation of this skill may depend on the type of task demanded of them (comprehension judgment or knowledge judgment).
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Spanish Speaking, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Severe Disabilities, Metacognition, Foreign Countries, Reading Ability, Student Attitudes, Children, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, Reading Improvement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
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