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Reading Comprehension and Syntactic Responses in Good and Poor Readers
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Guthrie, John T. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Syntax
The Effects of Readability on Oral and Silent Reading Rates
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Coke, Esther U. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Prose, Readability, Reading Difficulty
Differences in Literal and Inferential Comprehension after Reading Orally and Silently.
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Miller, Samuel D.; Smith, Donald E. P. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Reading test questions were classified as literal or inferential. The kind of question was controlled to determine the influence of test format on comprehension. Analysis of variance indicated no direct effects attributable to test format or kinds of comprehension. Contentions of deficits in automaticity and attentional focus in poor readers were…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Oral Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Children's Understanding in Reading and Listening.
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Wilkinson, Alex Cherry – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
Elementary school children's understanding was assessed after they read or listened to brief texts that described a scene, explained a sequence of events, or told a story. Results indicated that effectiveness in understanding depends on the fluency with which component processes of perceptual recognition, comprehension, and memory are coordinated.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Developmental Differences in the Relationship between Reading Comprehension and Hemispheric Alpha Patterns: An EEG Study.
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Roberts, Theresa A.; Kraft, R. Harter – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
Fifty-five boys, aged 6 to 8 and 10 to 12 years, were administered EEGs while they silently read short passages. Subjects were then tested on the passages. Age differences in the relationship between hemisphere activation during silent reading and reading comprehension were discovered. (TJH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Child Development, Cognitive Development