Comprehension in disciplinary learning: An examination of elementary readers' processing and recall

Nicole M. Martin and Joy Myers

The Journal of Educational Research, 2019, vol. 112, issue 1, 72-85

Abstract: The authors explored elementary students' comprehension of informational text in disciplinary learning. Forty on-grade-level readers in Grades 2–5 participated. A priori and emergent coding was used to analyze 120 verbal protocols and 120 oral recalls. Analyses of variance and correlations showed students' processing and recall of procedural text contrasted with their processing and recall of biography or persuasive text. Also, second-grade students did not process informational text as actively or recall informational text as well as third- through fifth-grade students did. An expanded focus on students' comprehension of informational text in disciplinary learning and further study of the relationships among students' text use, text processing and recall, and development are warranted.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2018.1438982

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