The Use of Commas in Secondary-Education Students and Its Relationship with Reading Comprehension: The Case of Spanish
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The Use of Commas in Secondary-Education Students and Its Relationship with Reading Comprehension: The Case of SpanishDate
2022-11ISSN
2076-3425Bibliographic citation
Marcet, A.; Moreno, V.; Rodríguez-Gonzalo, C.; Perea, M. The Use of Commas in Secondary-Education Students and Its Relationship with Reading Comprehension: The Case of Spanish. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 1564. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111564Type
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The correct use of punctuation marks in secondary-school students is essential for the comprehension of written texts and, therefore, for the students’ academic success. However, the examination of this issue has often ... [+]
The correct use of punctuation marks in secondary-school students is essential for the comprehension of written texts and, therefore, for the students’ academic success. However, the examination of this issue has often been overlooked in the literature. In the present study, we focused on the progression of comma usage (i.e., a punctuation mark that is often challenging to master) and examined its relation to reading comprehension. A sample of first- and fourth-year secondary-education students from Spain (N = 115) punctuated brief texts in which commas had been previously omitted. The original texts included various types of mandatory commas in Spanish. We also obtained a reading comprehension score from a standardized reading test. Results show that secondary-education students often did not correctly place the commas, with first-year secondary-education students only succeeding in the correct placement of commas 54.5% of the time in (Year 8 in the UK system). This figure increased to 80.9% in fourth-year secondary-education students (Year 11 in the UK system). As a control, this figure rose to 91.5% in first-year university students. Critically, better comprehenders were the ones with better use of punctuation marks (r = 0.33). These results are useful for developing teaching methods to improve writing/reading skills in secondary-school students. [-]
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Brain Sciences, 2022, vol. 12, no 11Funder Name
Generalitat Valenciana | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
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http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033
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GV/2020/074 | CIAICO/2021/172 | MICIU/ICTI2017-2020/PID2020-116740 GB-I00
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Aprende, entrena, lee: una aproximación multidimensional al procesamiento ortográfico
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