Kas?m Yildirim|Fatih Çetin Çetinkaya|Seyit Ate?|Dudu Kaya|Timothy V. Rasinski
Testing the KAPS Model of Reading Comprehension in a Turkish Elementary School Context from Low Socioeconomic Background
Mu?la University|Düzce Üniversitesi|Gazi University|Pamukkale University|Kent State University
correlational study aimed explore relations background knowledge automaticity rate prosody strategy use reading comprehension kaps model reading comprehension written turkish language context 207 fourth grade students successful comprehension requires readers make meaning read kaps model reading comprehension hypothesizes relations background knowledge fluency components rate prosody strategy use reading comprehension components literal deep turkish language addresses direct effects predictors reading comprehension fourth grade students results showed whereas fluency strategy use made statistically significant contributions reading comprehension background knowledge based results study affirms importance automaticity word recognition prosody comprehension strategies contributing reading comprehension turkish given priority literacy instruction turkish