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68.018 - Expanding Our Understanding About Comprehension: Theory, Assessment, and Intervention

Mon, May 1, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 209

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The purpose of this symposium is to expand our understanding about text comprehension, including both reading comprehension and listening comprehension. The four papers focus on different aspects, ranging from a theoretical model to assessment and intervention. The first paper presents an empirical examination of an overarching theoretical framework of comprehension. The second paper reports factors that contribute to students’ generation of inferences. The third paper reports results of a reading comprehension assessment that reveals different processes students of varying skills employ. The fourth paper reports an effort to improve students’ comprehension with a focus on oral language comprehension. Together, the papers in this symposium contribute to our understanding about key processes and mechanisms of comprehension.

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