Working memory, reading comprehension and academic performance
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2017
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Abstract
This article presents the results of a predictive – transversal study where the variables
working memory, reading comprehension and academic performance in 80 Chilean
students of seventh grade, rst and the third year of high school were measured. In
LECTUM, standardized reading comprehension test for Chile and TAL, an instrument
that measures the working memory by reading amplitude. Academic performance was
obtained by averaging the annual ratings of the subjects included in the curriculum of each
course. The results show that working memory predicts both school reading performance
and overall performance and, in the same way, reading comprehension turns out to be a
good predictor of school performance.
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Literatura y Lingüística,2017, n° 35, pp. 379 – 404
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Working memory, Reading comprehension, Academic performance