Cognitive and motivational characteristics as predictors of students’ expository versus narrative text comprehension
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2023
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European Journal of Psychology of Education
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Prior research has examined the impact of different cognitive predictors on students’ expository and narrative text comprehension. It has become apparent that some cognitive variables predict text comprehension in both genres, while some are genre-specific predictors. However, the effect of reading motivation on expository and narrative text comprehension remains unclear. Thus, the aim was to investigate which reading-related cognitive and motivational characteristics predict universal versus genre-specific text comprehension. The sample consisted of 261 eighth graders (age: M = 14.96; 37.9% girls). Applying path modeling, the results showed that students’ vocabulary was a significant predictor of text comprehension in both genres. Furthermore, reading strategy knowledge predicted text comprehension of a narrative and an expository text. Reading for interest predicted text comprehension in two of three expository texts. Identifying these universal and genre-specific characteristics of text comprehension can enable teachers to foster students’ text comprehension by targeting these specific skills.
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0256-2928
1878-5174
1878-5174
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Cruz Neri, N., Bernholt, S., Härtig, H., Schmitz, A., & Retelsdorf, J. (2023). Cognitive and motivational characteristics as predictors of students’ expository versus narrative text comprehension. European Journal of Psychology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-023-00717-1