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Direct linkO'Reilly, T.; Wang, Z.; Sabatini, J. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Have you ever found it difficult to read something due to your lack of knowledge on the topic? We investigated this phenomenon with a sample of 3,534 high school students who took a background knowledge test before working on reading comprehension tasks on the topic of ecology. Broken-line regression revealed a knowledge threshold such that below…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, High School Students, Reading Comprehension, Ecology
Smith, Reid; Snow, Pamela; Serry, Tanya; Hammond, Lorraine – Reading Psychology, 2021
A critical review was conducted to determine the influence background knowledge has on the reading comprehension of primary school-aged children. We identified twenty-three studies that met our criteria and focused on the links between background knowledge and reading comprehension of children in the mid to late primary years. Review findings…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Al-Muwallad, Ziad Abdulrahman – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2020
This study attempted to investigate the vital role of the internet in enhancing the learning of reading. In addition, the study aimed to measure the students' attitudes towards the internet and to identify to what extent the internet was employed in their reading classes. Moreover, the study aimed to explore the challenges that they encountered…
Descriptors: Males, College Preparation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alenizi, Mogbel Aid K. – Arab World English Journal, 2019
This study assesses pre-university teachers' perception about reading comprehension in English as a foreign language (EFL) in Saudi context. It also identifies the difficulties faced by the students in their reading comprehension classes to have a holistic view of learning process. The main aim of the study is to explore the issues related to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Rice, Mary; Greer, Diana – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
In this article, the authors state that increases in technological capabilities are enabling more students to complete schoolwork in online learning environments--in addition to and sometimes instead of traditional classrooms. Teachers, parents, and learning coaches who are working with students using these online environments need to know about…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Disabilities, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Lee, Carol D.; Spratley, Anika – Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2010
Adolescents may struggle with text for a number of reasons, including problems with a) vocabulary knowledge, b) general knowledge of topics and text structures, c) knowing of what to do when comprehension breaks down, or d) proficiency in monitoring their own reading comprehension. Most recent literacy initiatives target younger readers and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory
