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A Comparison of Cognitive Flexibility and Metalinguistic Skills in Adult Good and Poor Comprehenders
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Direct linkCartwright, Kelly B.; Bock, Allison M.; Coppage, Elizabeth A.; Hodgkiss, Melinda D.; Nelson, Marisa Isaac – Journal of Research in Reading, 2017
Good and poor comprehenders exhibit different profiles of cognitive abilities, despite comparable decoding skills. Recent work suggests that executive functions, particularly cognitive flexibility, may underlie poor comprehenders' difficulties in childhood and adulthood. However, metalinguistic skills that enable readers to reflect on various…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Metalinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Executive Function
