Pupils' Reading Comprehension and its Predictors

• Main Author: E L Grigorenko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2012-03-01
• Series: RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics
• Subjects: чтение; понимание прочитанного; металингвистические процессы
• Online Access: http://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/7989

In this article, the results of two studies of reading comprehension are presented and discussed. In the first study (n = 502), indicators of reading comprehension of connected text were predicted by indicators of accuracy of single-word reading and phonological indicators that are traditionally used for this purpose. In the second study (n = 1048), indicators of reading comprehension of connected text were predicted by meta-linguistic indicators. This article discusses both sets of findings and draws a parallel between these findings and the results of Russian students in the international comparison programs PIRLS and PISA.