Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the research into the development of children’s reading comprehension skills. A number of aspects of comprehension skill that might limit the development of effective and efficient comprehension are considered. These areas range from efficiency of decoding and meaning access at the level of single words, through syntactic development, to inference making and integration of the ideas in the text as a whole. Areas that may affect comprehension development, such as amount of reading experience and motivation to read, are also discussed briefly. The chapter ends with a discussion of causal issues in the development of comprehension skill.

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.