Excerpts from Significant Research on Comprehension (1948-1972) [microform] / Stephen A. Pavlak
- Bib ID:
- 5260143
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Pavlak, Stephen A
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED095506
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1974
- 27 p.
- Summary:
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This paper presents a survey of scientific research, professional literature, and doctoral dissertations on reading comprehension done from 1948 to 1972. The following reading factors believed to affect reading comprehension were identified: fate, vocabulary, sentence structure, questioning, and purpose setting. The research pertaining to the selected factors was analyzed to develop generalizations and conclusions which were then used to formulate a partial construct of reading comprehension. Reading comprehension was found to be a complex process composed of interrelated elements which mature in accordance with the reader's proficiency in utilizing selected factors which are related to the demands of the reading task. Reading comprehension was found to be a process which was affected by the experience and ideas which the reader brings to the printed page; the relationship between the oral language patterns and the printed language patterns in the text; the reader's knowledge of grammatical structures used in the reading material; the depth and breadth of the reader's vocabulary; the types of questions asked and the location of questions in the reading material; and the reader's purpose, rate, and intellectual capacity. (Author/WR)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Reading Association (19th, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1-4, 1974).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- ERIC
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- Publication date:
- 1974
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