Who Are Poor Comprehenders?

Specifically Poor Comprehenders – Prevalence. Specifically poor comprehenders are those performing in the low tail on comprehension who have decoding skills at least one standard deviation higher; they are thus comprehending poorly on reading comprehension tests for reasons beyond poor decoding.

What is poor comprehension?

Students with weak comprehension have difficulty recalling what they've read. They might get parts, or some details, but may have difficulty remembering a book or story as a whole. Homework and schoolwork relying on their understanding of the text will be difficult. These students may not enjoy reading for pleasure.

What are reading comprehension skills?

Reading comprehension is the ability to process text, understand its meaning, and to integrate with what the reader already knows. ... Ability to comprehend text is influenced by readers' skills and their ability to process information.

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