Comprehension monitoring is a meta-cognitive skill that is defined as the ability to self-evaluate one’s comprehension of text. Although it is known that struggling adult readers are poor at monitoring their comprehension, additional research is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying comprehension monitoring and their role in reading comprehension in this population. This study used a comprehension monitoring task with struggling adult readers, which included online eye movements (reread and regression path durations) and an offline verbal protocol (oral explanations of key information). We examined whether eye movements predicted accuracy on the passages’ reading comprehension questions, a norm-referenced reading assessment, and an offline verbal protocol after controlling for age and traditional component skills (i.e., decoding, oral language, working memory). Regression path duration uniquely predicted accuracy on the questions; however, decoding and oral vocabulary were the most salient predictors of the norm-referenced reading comprehension measure. Regression path duration also predicted the offline verbal protocol, such that those who exhibited longer regression path duration were also better at explaining key information. These results contribute to the literature regarding struggling adults’ reading component skills, eye movement behaviors involved in processing connected text, and future considerations in assessing comprehension monitoring.

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苦苦挣扎的成人读者会监督他们的阅读吗？了解阅读过程中在线和离线理解监控过程的作用

理解监控是一种元认知技能，被定义为自我评估一个人对文本理解的能力。尽管众所周知，苦苦挣扎的成年读者在监控他们的理解能力方面很差，但还需要进行更多的研究来了解理解监控的潜在机制及其在这一人群阅读理解中的作用。这项研究对苦苦挣扎的成年读者进行了一项理解监测任务，其中包括在线眼球运动（重读和回归路径持续时间）和离线口头协议（对关键信息的口头解释）。在控制了年龄和传统组成技能（即解码、口语、工作记忆）。回归路径持续时间唯一预测问题的准确性；然而，解码和口语词汇是常模参照阅读理解测量的最显着预测指标。回归路径持续时间还预测了离线口头协议，因此那些表现出较长回归路径持续时间的人也更善于解释关键信息。这些结果有助于编写有关苦苦挣扎的成年人阅读组件技能、处理连接文本时涉及的眼球运动行为以及评估理解监测的未来考虑因素的文献。回归路径持续时间还预测了离线口头协议，因此那些表现出较长回归路径持续时间的人也更善于解释关键信息。这些结果有助于编写有关苦苦挣扎的成年人阅读组件技能、处理连接文本时涉及的眼球运动行为以及评估理解监测的未来考虑因素的文献。回归路径持续时间还预测了离线口头协议，因此那些表现出较长回归路径持续时间的人也更善于解释关键信息。这些结果有助于编写有关苦苦挣扎的成年人阅读组件技能、处理连接文本时涉及的眼球运动行为以及评估理解监测的未来考虑因素的文献。