Study suggests intervention for overcoming reading-comprehension difficulties in children
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 06:42
in Psychology & Sociology
Effective reading requires recognising words and also understanding what they mean. Between 7-10 percent of children have specific reading-comprehension difficulties. These children can read text aloud accurately but do not understand what they have just read. A new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, identifies a training program which may help children overcome reading-comprehension difficulties...