Revisiting Definitions of Reading Comprehension: Just What Is Reading Comprehension Anyway?

Abstract

In her observational study, Durkin (1978) examined reading comprehension instruction in the upper elementary grades and found surprisingly little of it going on. Since then, there has been much interest in providing teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach reading comprehension effectively. Research on reading instruction began to focus teachers’ attention on the cognitive processes good readers use to comprehend text, providing detailed descriptions of Yale University what effective readers do. Reading comprehension research has identified more than 30 cognitive and metacognitive processes involved in reading comprehension (see, e.g., Collins Block & Pressley, 2002).

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