Critical Thinking in Reading Comprehension: Fine Tuning the Simple View of Reading
Critical thinking has been identified as an essential skill for the 21st century, yet little research has investigated its role in reading comprehension. Executive functions (EF) and critical thinking overlap, where the latter often rely on the proficient operation of EF and vice versa. Extending th...
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| description | Critical thinking has been identified as an essential skill for the 21st century, yet little research has investigated its role in reading comprehension. Executive functions (EF) and critical thinking overlap, where the latter often rely on the proficient operation of EF and vice versa. Extending the simple view of reading, the active view of reading considers the contribution of language comprehension and decoding to reading comprehension by including the role of EF. In the present study, we assess 360 seventh-grade English language learners attending schools in three states in India. We gathered measures of reading comprehension, critical thinking and listening comprehension, reading fluency, academic vocabulary, and encoding. Using multiple regression to fit a linear model, the best-fit model explained 59.3% of the total variance in reading comprehension. Two indicators of critical thinking, induction and deduction, were significant predictors of reading comprehension, along with listening comprehension, encoding, and academic vocabulary. Also of interest was the result showing reading fluency to be a non-significant predictor of reading comprehension. Results of this study add empirical support for the role of critical thinking in reading comprehension. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e88de775133443ae891ad1101aef6c7f2024-03-27T13:34:16ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022024-02-0114322510.3390/educsci14030225Critical Thinking in Reading Comprehension: Fine Tuning the Simple View of ReadingDavid Paige0William H. Rupley1Leily Ziglari2Department of Curriculum & Instruction, School of Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USATeaching, Learning, Culture, College of Education, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USADepartment of Education, School of Education, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL 60628, USACritical thinking has been identified as an essential skill for the 21st century, yet little research has investigated its role in reading comprehension. Executive functions (EF) and critical thinking overlap, where the latter often rely on the proficient operation of EF and vice versa. Extending the simple view of reading, the active view of reading considers the contribution of language comprehension and decoding to reading comprehension by including the role of EF. In the present study, we assess 360 seventh-grade English language learners attending schools in three states in India. We gathered measures of reading comprehension, critical thinking and listening comprehension, reading fluency, academic vocabulary, and encoding. Using multiple regression to fit a linear model, the best-fit model explained 59.3% of the total variance in reading comprehension. Two indicators of critical thinking, induction and deduction, were significant predictors of reading comprehension, along with listening comprehension, encoding, and academic vocabulary. Also of interest was the result showing reading fluency to be a non-significant predictor of reading comprehension. Results of this study add empirical support for the role of critical thinking in reading comprehension.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/3/225critical thinkingreading comprehensioninductiondeductionlistening comprehensionreading fluency |
| spellingShingle | David Paige William H. Rupley Leily Ziglari Critical Thinking in Reading Comprehension: Fine Tuning the Simple View of Reading Education Sciences critical thinking reading comprehension induction deduction listening comprehension reading fluency |
| title | Critical Thinking in Reading Comprehension: Fine Tuning the Simple View of Reading |
| title_full | Critical Thinking in Reading Comprehension: Fine Tuning the Simple View of Reading |
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| title_short | Critical Thinking in Reading Comprehension: Fine Tuning the Simple View of Reading |
| title_sort | critical thinking in reading comprehension fine tuning the simple view of reading |
| topic | critical thinking reading comprehension induction deduction listening comprehension reading fluency |
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