Identificación de predictores del desempeño en la comprensión de textos orales y escritos
| Year | : | 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Author/s | : | Andrea Junyent |
| Area/s | : | Education and learning |
Junyent, A. (2015). Identificación de predictores del desempeño en la comprensión de textos orales y escritos. Lima: FORGE-GRADE.
The aim of the study was to identify predictors of reading comprehension in order to promote early interventions. We examined data from Young Lives study, using structural equation modeling, for assessing relationships between child and environmental features, and language development. Main findings were that (1)
mothers’ features – which we relate to means to employ literacy practices -; child development, place of residence and socio-economic status predicted vocabulary at
five; (2) vocabulary at five, and later oral text comprehension predicted reading comprehension at eight; and (3) rural children are at risk of insufficient vocabulary.
Based on these results, interventions are proposed to improve vocabulary, and therefore, later reading comprehension, through literacy practices employed by caregivers and preschool teachers.
