Reading Comprehension, Language in the Family and During Leisure Time: Results from the Hannover Primary School StudyAbstract. This study aims at eliciting conditions of reading literacy (reading comprehension) in primary school age, based on both ...
Near and Far Transfer of a Program to Foster Reading Competence in 5th GradersAbstract: A strategy-oriented teaching program to foster reading comprehension was implemented into the reading lessons of fifth-grade classrooms. The study investigated the ...
Reading Comprehension Without Reading? On the Construct Validity of Multiple-Choice Reading Comprehension Test ItemsAbstract. The construct-validity of multiple-choice test items of reading comprehension was repeatedly criticized. These multiple-choice ...
Fostering Seventh Graders’ Reading Comprehension: Effects of Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies in German and EnglishThis study investigated how the reading comprehension of 7th-grade students can be improved through peer-assisted learning strategies for ...
Do Academic Tracks with Specific Curricular Profiles Accelerate the Development of Achievement in Reading, Mathematics, and English Literacy? Early Transition to the Academic Track of Secondary Schooling in BerlinThis article examines whether students’ ...
Reciprocal Teaching in the Classroom: Fostering Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency and Strategy UseThis study investigated how the reading comprehension of 5th-grade students can be improved through reciprocal teaching (Palincsar & Brown, 1984). The ...
Implementation of a Program to Foster Reading Competence: Improving Long-Term Effects by Using Booster-SessionsThe main research question of this study was to test, if long-term effectiveness of a program to foster self-regulated reading can be improved ...
Computer Assisted Reading Comprehension Instruction: Effects of Automatically Generated Content FeedbackAbstract:We compared the effects of computer assisted instruction (“conText”) with an explicit strategy instruction training (“Let’s Become Reading ...
Reading Self-Concept and Text Type: Can Literary and Factual Reading Self-Concept be Differentiated?Reading self-concept is an important predictor of general reading competence. Thus far it is not clear whether a further differentiation depending on the ...
Cognitive Processing of Reading Comprehension Items with and without TextMultiple choice (MC)-items are a frequently employed format used to measure reading comprehension. In a study with 366 students we replicate the finding of Rost and Sparfeldt (2007) ...
Fostering reading comprehension in regular classrooms: Implementation and effectiveness of whole-class reciprocal teachingAbstract. The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the effects of two different teacher-led classroom reading literacy ...
Supporting language competencies – The potential of the family language for vocabulary acquisition from textsAbstract. Language competencies such as vocabulary are core prerequisites for educational success and integration in society. In reference to ...
Obschon grundlegende Kompetenzen des Verstehens und Interpretierens von Daten in unserer Informationsgesellschaft inzwischen als unerlässlich gelten, existieren jedoch bislang nur wenige Erkenntnisse darüber, welche Variablen die Entwicklung von ...
Dependency of reading comprehension development on listening and basic reading skills: An examination of the Simple View of ReadingAbstract. Recent models of reading acquisition assume that the reader uses the same processes to understand a written text ...
ELVES: Computer-based assessment of the efficiency of component processes involved in reading comprehensionAbstract. Reading ability comprises the efficient mastery of component processes of reading, as distinguished in hierarchical models of text ...
Local item dependence in the TestDaF reading section: A testlet response analysisTestlets are subsets of test items that are based on the same input. Tests that contain testlets are common in educational and psychological testing. However, use of ...
Screening to Measure Reading Comprehension in Sixth and Seventh Grade (SELV 6 – 7): Construction, Reliability, and Validity of Digital and Print VersionAbstract. This paper presents the Screening for Reading Comprehension for Grades 6 ...
Is Health Literacy a Subjective Assessment or an Objectively Measurable Competence? A Comparison of Different Instruments to Measure Health Literacy in Relation to Reading Literacy and Cognitive Skills of AdolescentsAbstract. ...
The relationship between spoken and written language in the construction of mental representationAbstract. In learning environments text can be presented auditorily or visually. Therefore the question arises whether listening and reading comprehension ...
Construction of visio-spatial representations during listening and reading comprehensionAbstract. In learning environments, information can be presented as visual or auditory text. However, the question remains unanswered whether there are differences ...