Comprehension as social and intellectual practice: Rebuilding curriculum in low socioeconomic and cultural minority schools [PDF]
, 2011 This article reframes the concept of comprehension as a social and intellectual practice. It reviews current approaches to reading instruction for linguistically and culturally diverse and low socioeconomic students, noting an emphasis on comprehension ...
Allan Luke +27 more
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Purported use and self-awareness of cognitive and metacognitive foreign language reading strategies in tertiary education in Mozambique [PDF]
, 2016 This paper explores the results of a Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS)-based questionnaire administered to 28 university student participants. The study is carried out in a post-colonial multilingual context, Mozambique.
Cabinda, Manuel Joao Jose
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Natural language involves both speaking and listening. Recent models claim that production and comprehension share aspects of processing and are linked within individuals (Pickering and Garrod, 2004, 2013; MacDonald, 2013; Dell and Chang, 2014). Evidence
Kaitlyn A. Litcofsky +2 more
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Older and Wiser: Interpretation of Proverbs in the Face of Age-Related Cortical Atrophy
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022 In the present study, we investigated whether interpretation of proverbs differs across the lifespan and if so, whether it is associated with age-related fronto-temporal atrophy.
Vanja Kljajevic
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Poor written and oral text comprehension in third grade children. A multiple case study [PDF]
, 2018 In this multiple case study we analyzed oral text comprehension, reading profiles and underlying cognitive abilities (attention, executive functions, working memory, narrative memory, rapid automatized naming and vocabulary) of 9 children identified as ...
Davide Cavallo, Nicola +3 more
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STARC: Structured Annotations for Reading Comprehension
, 2020 We present STARC (Structured Annotations for Reading Comprehension), a new annotation framework for assessing reading comprehension with multiple choice questions.
Berzak, Yevgeni +2 more
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Cognitive control and discourse comprehension in schizophrenia. [PDF]
, 2012 Cognitive deficits across a wide range of domains have been consistently observed in schizophrenia and are linked to poor functional outcome (Green, 1996; Carter, 2006). Language abnormalities are among the most salient and include disorganized speech as
Boudewyn, Megan A +2 more
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Theoretical Bases of Pedagogic Hermeneutics and its Implementation Versions in Educational Practices
Образование и наука, 2015 The paper reveals the basic statements of the author’s concept of the pedagogical hermeneutics – the theory and practice of text interpretation of different genres focused on deeper and detailed understanding with the reference to socio- cultural ...
A. F. Zakirova
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The Effect of Cognitive Strategies on Reading Performance of Students with Specific Learning Disability [PDF]
مطالعات روانشناختی, 2022 The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cognitive strategies on reading performance of students with special learning disabilities. The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical
Shahrooz Nemati +3 more
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Asymmetric switch costs in numeral naming and number word reading: Implications for models of bilingual language production [PDF]
, 2016 One approach used to gain insight into the processes underlying bilingual language comprehension and production examines the costs that arise from switching languages.
Peressotti, Francesca +2 more
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