Reading comprehension and academic performance in High School

Reading comprehension is a complex skill and it challenges many students. Investigations on this theme are still rare in High School, although fundamental, as the lack of mastery in reading comprehension compromises the adolescent's learning, making it difficult for him/her to ascend to Higher...

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Autores: Thornton, Alessandra Figueiró, Corso, Luciana Vellinho
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Revista e-Curriculum
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/49697
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/curriculum/article/view/49697
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:compreensão leitora
leitura
desempenho acadêmico
Ensino Médio
reading comprehension
reading
academic performance
High School
comprensión lectora
lectura
rendimiento académico
Escuela Secundaria
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Sumario:Reading comprehension is a complex skill and it challenges many students. Investigations on this theme are still rare in High School, although fundamental, as the lack of mastery in reading comprehension compromises the adolescent's learning, making it difficult for him/her to ascend to Higher Education.  This study, based on Cognitive Psychology, aimed to investigate the relationship between reading comprehension (Cloze task) and academic performance (ENEM) in 80 students in the 12th grade of High School. This is a quantitative study, with descriptive and inferential data analysis. Significant and positive correlations (Spearman) were found, so that a better reading comprehension is related to a better academic performance. The educational implications suggest a broad look at this skill that requires multiple assessments, multilevel interventions, in addition to educational policies aimed at developing reading comprehension in High School.