@article{GARCÍA GARCÍA_ARÉVALO DUARTE_HERNÁNDEZ SUÁREZ_2018, title={Reading Comprehension and School Performance}, url={https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/linguistica_hispanica/article/view/8126}, DOI={10.19053/0121053X.n32.2018.8126}, abstractNote={<div>This study is aimed to determine the relationships between the level of reading</div> <div>comprehension of the students and their academic performance. A descriptive study and</div> <div>a correlational statistical analysis are carried out. The Reading Competency Test for High</div> <div>School was applied to students of both sexes among ages of 13 and 14 of the ninth grade</div> <div>of basic education of a public educational institution. From the descriptive analysis the</div> <div>students present difficulties at a textual, inferential and contextual level; in the correlation-</div> <div>al analysis of the data of the different subjects (natural sciences, social sciences, Spanish</div> <div>language and mathematics) they have a positive significant correlation, but it does not</div> <div>necessarily mean the existence of a cause-effect relationship </div>}, number={32}, journal={Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica}, author={GARCÍA GARCÍA, MIGUEL ÁNGEL and ARÉVALO DUARTE, MAYRA ALEJANDRA and HERNÁNDEZ SUÁREZ, CÉSAR AUGUSTO}, year={2018}, month={Jun.}, pages={155–174} }