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Comprehending Comprehension: Selected Possibilities for Clinical Practice Within a Multidimensional Model.

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  • 1Department of Speech-Language Pathology, California State University, Long Beach.

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
|April 11, 2017
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Reading comprehension is a complex, multifaceted ability influenced by reader background knowledge, text complexity, and assessment tasks. Evidence-based practices should adopt a multidimensional model for effective intervention.

Area of Science:

  • * Education
  • * Psychology
  • * Linguistics

Background:

  • * Reading comprehension is often viewed as a singular skill, but research suggests it is multifaceted.
  • * Existing literature supports a complex view of reading, encompassing reader abilities, text characteristics, and task demands.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To demonstrate that reading comprehension is a multifaceted and complex ability, agreeing with Catts and Kamhi (2017).
  • * To provide evidence-based practices supporting a multidimensional model of reading comprehension.
  • * To highlight the interplay of reader, text, and task in comprehension.

Main Methods:

  • * Analysis of selected examples from 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade texts.
  • * Review of reading comprehension literature supporting a multidimensional view.

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  • * Case illustration of a 6th-grade intervention session.

    • Main Results:

    • * Reading comprehension is an interaction between the reader's background knowledge, the text's demands, and the assessment or intervention task.
    • * Examples from various grade levels illustrate the complexity of comprehension.
    • * A 6th-grade intervention demonstrates the practical application of a multidimensional approach.

    Conclusions:

    • * Clinicians and educators should adopt a multidimensional model of reading comprehension (reader, text, task) for assessment and intervention.
    • * Focusing on specific comprehension strategies that work across different texts and tasks is crucial.
    • * Individual student needs must be considered within the multidimensional framework.