Reading comprehension and academic performance in High School
Reading comprehension is a complex skill and it challenges many students. Investigations on this theme are still rare in High School, although fundamental, as the lack of mastery in reading comprehension compromises the adolescent's learning, making it difficult for him/her to ascend to Higher Educa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication date: | 2022 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | PUC_SP |
| Repository: | Revista e-Curriculum |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/49697 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/curriculum/article/view/49697 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | compreensão leitora leitura desempenho acadêmico Ensino Médio reading comprehension reading academic performance High School comprensión lectora lectura rendimiento académico Escuela Secundaria |
| Summary: | Reading comprehension is a complex skill and it challenges many students. Investigations on this theme are still rare in High School, although fundamental, as the lack of mastery in reading comprehension compromises the adolescent's learning, making it difficult for him/her to ascend to Higher Education. This study, based on Cognitive Psychology, aimed to investigate the relationship between reading comprehension (Cloze task) and academic performance (ENEM) in 80 students in the 12th grade of High School. This is a quantitative study, with descriptive and inferential data analysis. Significant and positive correlations (Spearman) were found, so that a better reading comprehension is related to a better academic performance. The educational implications suggest a broad look at this skill that requires multiple assessments, multilevel interventions, in addition to educational policies aimed at developing reading comprehension in High School. |
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