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Peer reviewedKeenan, Janice M.; Brown, Polly – Child Development, 1984
Examines the differences between beginning and skilled readers in the units used to represent the meaning of text. Compares reading times and recall of 50 third- and fifth-graders. Stimulus sentences all had the same number of words but varied in the number of underlying propositions. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Reading Rate
Juel, Connie; Holmes, Betty – 1980
A sample of 48 second grade and fifth grade children, containing equal numbers of high and low ability readers, participated in a study that explored the degree to which oral and silent reading represented the same cognitive process for different age and ability level children. Their reading rates and comprehension scores for both oral and silent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
Direct linkGhelani, Karen; Sidhu, Robindra; Jain, Umesh; Tannock, Rosemary – Dyslexia, 2004
Reading comprehension is a very complex task that requires different cognitive processes and reading abilities over the life span. There are fewer studies of reading comprehension relative to investigations of word reading abilities. Reading comprehension difficulties, however, have been identified in two common and frequently overlapping…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Attention Deficit Disorders
