ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Reading Strategy Usage in German Elementary School Children in Relation to Available Vocabulary

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Research Proposal

  • Fenke Kachisi
    Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA)
  • Fenke Kachisi
    DIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
  • Jelena Zaric
    Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA)
  • Jelena Zaric
    DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
  • Telse Nagler
    DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
  • Telse Nagler
    Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA)

Abstract

This study is designed to investigate the use of reading strategies applied by German elementary school children. Strategy usage is compared across grades and related to available vocabulary. The study aims at examining the conditions under which efficient (retrieval-) strategies are used, which are essential for fluent reading.