RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics (Mar 2012)
Pupils' Reading Comprehension and its Predictors
Abstract
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.