Overcoming reading-comprehension difficulties in children: Training program can help
Monday, August 2, 2010 - 13:14
in Psychology & Sociology
Effective reading requires recognizing 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 identifies a training program which may help children overcome reading-comprehension difficulties.