Contribution of Vocabulary Knowledge to Reading Comprehension Among Chinese Students : A Meta-Analysis
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Original language | English |
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Article number | 525369 |
Journal / Publication | Frontiers in Psychology |
Volume | 11 |
Online published | 2 Oct 2020 |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2020 |
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Abstract
This study investigated the correlation between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension. To address the correlation picture under Chinese logographical scripts, the researchers investigated the potential explanation for the correlation via Reading Stage, Information Gap, Content-based Approach, and Cognition and Creativity Theory approaches. This study undertook a meta-analysis to synthesize 89 independent samples from primary school stage to Master's degree stage. Results showed the correlation picture as an inverted U-shape, supporting the idea that vocabulary knowledge contributed a large proportion of variance on text comprehension and might also support the independent hypothesis of the impact of vocabulary knowledge on reading comprehension. In each education stage, the correlation between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension was independent in that it did not interact with any significant moderators. This study informed that the vocabulary knowledge not only determined text comprehension progress through facial semantic meaning identification but also suggested that the coordinate development of vocabulary knowledge, grammatical knowledge, and inference would be better in complexity comprehension task performance.
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- Chinese students, education stage, information gap, reading comprehension, reading stage, vocabulary knowledge
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Contribution of Vocabulary Knowledge to Reading Comprehension Among Chinese Students : A Meta-Analysis. / Dong, Yang; Tang, Yi; Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin; Wang, Weisha; Dong, Wei-Yang.
In: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 11, 525369, 10.2020.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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