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Direct linkJosé-Pablo Escobar; Alejandra Meneses; Evelyn Hugo; Ana Taboada Barber; Maximiliano Montenegro – Journal of Research in Reading, 2024
Background: Cognitive and linguistic factors have been incorporated into models to explain reading comprehension beyond classical models of reading. This study explores the contribution of executive functions, mainly domain-general and reading-specific cognitive flexibility, in reading comprehension of science texts in monolingual Spanish speaking…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Academic Language, Vocabulary Development
The Relationship between Motivation to Read and Reading Comprehension in Chilean Elementary Students
Orellana, Pelusa; Melo, Carolina; Baldwin, Paula; De Julio, Samuel; Pezoa, José – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
This study examined the role of reading motivation in reading comprehension achievement of 1070 Chilean third, fourth, and fifth-grade students enrolled in public and private schools. Students were assessed in Spanish reading comprehension and were administered the Motivation to Read Profile from Gambrell, Palmer, Codling and Mazzoni (1996), at…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Mendive, Susana; Aldoney, Daniela; Mascareño, Mayra; Pezoa, José; Hoff, Erika – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
This study determines (a) which factors of the parenting context, the child and their mothers are associated with environments that differ in their home literacy environment in a Chilean low-SES sample of 53-month-old children, and (b) whether reading comprehension at second and fourth grade is predicted by the socialization in the literacy…
Descriptors: Native Language, Family Environment, Family Literacy, Reading Comprehension
Download full textInternational Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2016
PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is the fourth assessment in the current trend series, following PIRLS 2001, 2006, and 2011. There were 61 participants in PIRLS 2016, including 50 countries and 11 benchmarking entities (e.g., regions of countries as well as additional grades or language groups from the participating…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Grade 4
Meneses, Alejandra; Uccelli, Paola; Santelices, María Verónica; Ruiz, Marcela; Acevedo, Daniela; Figueroa, Javiera – Reading Research Quarterly, 2018
Although literacy achievement has improved in Chile, adolescents' underperformance in reading comprehension is still a serious concern. In English, core academic-language skills (CALS) have been found to significantly predict reading comprehension, even controlling for academic vocabulary knowledge. CALS are high-utility language skills that…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Academic Discourse, Reading Comprehension
Ponce, Hector R.; Lopez, Mario J.; Mayer, Richard E. – Computers & Education, 2012
This article examines the effectiveness of a computer-based instructional program (e-PELS) aimed at direct instruction in a collection of reading comprehension strategies. In e-PELS, students learn to highlight and outline expository passages based on various types of text structures (such as comparison or cause-and-effect) as well as to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conventional Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Instructional Effectiveness
