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Theories of Reading Development
Edited by Kate Cain, Donald L. Compton and Rauno K. Parrila
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy 15] 2017
► pp. 283–306

Development of reading comprehension

Change and continuity in the ability to construct coherent representations

| Leiden University
| University of Minnesota
Article outline
  • Building a coherent representation
  • Reader, text, and task factors that affect comprehension
    • General reader characteristics
    • Text characteristics
    • Reading goals and task characteristics
    • When the reader, the text, and the task meet: The spark of comprehension
  • Development: Continuity and change in building coherence
  • The role of knowledge in building coherence
  • Theoretical and applied implications
  • References
Published online: 14 August 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.15.16van
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