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Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies and verbal reasoning: Possible Relationships

Compreensão de Leitura, Estratégias de Aprendizagem e Raciocínio Verbal: Possíveis Relações

Comprensión Lectora, Estrategias de Aprendizaje e raciocinio verbal: Posibles Relaciones

Abstract

This article aimed to analyze the level of reading comprehension in elementary school students; to verify differences between school years for the Cloze test; investigate possible relationships between reading comprehension, learning strategies and verbal reasoning, and verifying whether verbal reasoning can predict the other variables. The participants were 470 students from grades 2 to 9 from the public network of a city in the north of Paraná, who answered the Cloze test and the Assessment Scale of Learning Strategies. Of the total sample, 45 students were selected to respond to the Wechsler Scale Verbal Scale of Abbreviated Intelligence. The sample presented a level of independent reading comprehension, and significant differences were found among students of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th years in comparison to the other school years. Statistically significant and positive correlations were obtained between the constructs, and the verbal reasoning showed to predict the other variables.

Keywords:
reading comprehension; learning strategies; verbal reasoning; elementary school

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