Using Advances in Cognitive Science to Improve Students Study Skills and Reading Comprehension

Abstract

National and international assessments of reading, science and math indicate that students and adults in the United States lag behind citizens of other developed nations. While there are multifaceted reasons for this lag, recent advances in cognitive science and technology have uncovered promising ways to intervene and help struggling students. This chapter will review recent developments from the cognitive literature that can potentially shed light on solutions for improving students study skills, as well as their general reading comprehension. We draw upon the available literature from reading strategy research and recent advances in assessment. Collectively, while this research indicates that the construct of reading has shifted; modern reading interventions are positioned to help prepare students for twenty-fi rst century literacy activities.

A path model analysis of preform students’ factors and comprehension strategies on cognitive learning outcomes associated with text comprehension

“…Elaboration involves enriching the text discourse being processed with relevant background knowledge to enhance understanding (Gilliam et al, 2007). Research shows that text comprehension is inhibited when readers are unable to use these strategies to enable them to process and integrate textual information with their prior knowledge (Dornisch et al, 2011;Diakidoy et al, 2016;Hagaman et al, 2016;O'Reilly and Sabatini, 2016).…”