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...

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