scholarly journals From words to text: inference making mediates the role of vocabulary in children’s reading comprehension

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 1773-1788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Trebbien Daugaard ◽  
Kate Cain ◽  
Carsten Elbro
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Inference Making ◽  
Children's Reading ◽  
Children’S Reading

The relation between ambiguity understanding and metalinguistic discussion of joking riddles in good and poor comprehenders: Potential for intervention and possible processes of change

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Yuill
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Processes Of Change ◽  
Comprehension Skill ◽  
Poor Comprehenders ◽  
Children's Reading ◽  
Children’S Reading

This study investigated understanding of language ambiguity as a source of individual differences in children's reading comprehension skill, and the role of peer metalinguistic discussion in fostering comprehension improvement. Twenty-four 7- to 9-year-old children worked in pairs to discuss and resolve ambiguities in joking riddles. Their reading comprehension increased significantly more than a group of 24 no-treatment controls. Analysis of the children's discussions shows that comprehension improvement was associated with increases over training sessions in frequency of metalinguistic comments about the text ambiguities, and in particular with the simultaneous explanation of two meanings. We discuss individual differences in metalinguistic and metacognitive capabilities and their role in the process of comprehension improvement.

An Investigation of the Role of Sequencing in Children's Reading Comprehension

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethanie Gouldthorp ◽  
Lia Katsipis ◽  
Cara Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Children's Reading ◽  
Children’S Reading
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