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Urfali Dadandi, Pakize; Ungan, Suat – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2023
Many studies in the literature have addressed reading comprehension, the ultimate goal of the reading process, due to its complex nature. These studies have focused on various areas, such as the nature of reading comprehension, how it occurs, the factors that affect the process of comprehension, reading comprehension impediments, and how to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Student Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Nonfiction
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Çakir, Özler – Reading Improvement, 2020
In this study, we examined whether or not readers use different processing strategies for different texts. Eleven sixth-grade primary school students in Turkey participated. Each participant completed a think-aloud process and a free-recall process by reading an expository text and a narrative text in Turkish. The data obtained were analyzed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Reading Strategies
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Sümer Dodur, Halime Miray – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
Given the fact that the role of syntactic awareness skills on the acquisition of reading skills, we can see how important it is for children to acquire such skills and to solve the relevant problems. This study analyzes the syntactic comprehension skills of students diagnosed with dyslexia. A total of 50 students with dyslexia, 25 in fourth grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Syntax, Reading Comprehension, Dyslexia
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Diken, Emine Hatun – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2020
The aim of this qualitative case study was to determine the cognitive and metacognitive strategies used by the Secondary School 6th grade students while reading science texts in a Biology unit titled "Support and Motor System", and to compare these strategies in accordance with the type of their school (private or state school), their…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Metacognition, Grade 6
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Mete, Gülsah – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
Reading is a cognitive process in which the mind works with the sensory organs to decode and interpret the symbols, and the achievement in this process is assessed through the reading comprehension skills. Reading comprehension skills have a pivotal role both in individuals' educational lives and personal development. The studies indicate that…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Grade 6, Notetaking
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Firat, Tahsin; Ergul, Cevriye – Educational Research Quarterly, 2019
One of the main reasons why students with learning disabilities have difficulty in reading comprehension is their inability to have metacognitive skills such as planning, monitoring and evaluating their reading performance. In this context, the study aimed to investigate the effects of the TWA strategy ["Think Before Reading, Think While…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities