Fostering children’s reading comprehension: the importance of fiction reading

Despite its importance, many students have severe difficulties in the acquisition of effective reading comprehension. In addition, an increasing number of students tend not to read for intrinsic reasons. In this article, we refer to different strands of research and summarize literature from the per...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung (Internet) 2023, Vol.13 (1), p.127-137
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