Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the cognitive, deterministic, and environmental characteristics of high school students with excellent reading comprehension skills, and to obtain information on improving reading comprehension.
 Methods To that end, out of 16 high school students in Gangwon Province, 16 who had proven excellent reading comprehension were interviewed individually. The interview consisted of answers to a total of 28 questions classified into cognitive, deterministic, and environmental factors related to reading.
 Results First, high school students with good reading skills were adept at using reading strategies and demonstrated superior achievement based on extensive vocabulary and background knowledge, but perceived reading categories somewhat restrictedly. Second, it was found that high school students with excellent reading ability had positively formed reading attitude, reading motivation, and reading efficacy, which are factors of reading justice, and that these showed a static correlation with reading ability. Third, it was found that the rich home literacy environment of high school students with excellent reading ability had a positive effect on the development of reading ability.
 Conclusions Reading comprehension is comprehensively developed under the influence of cognitive, deterministic and environmental factors. In order to develop students with excellent reading comprehension, there should be a comprehensive approach to the development of defining elements and the improvement of the literacy environment, without being biased toward cognition.

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