Reading Fluency of Higher Education Students

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2022

Authors

João Pedro Falcão Carneiro (Author) FEUP; Ana Sucena (Author) Other; Ana Silva (Author) Other; Cátia Marques (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Paideia

Vol. 32 No. e3240

ISSN: 0103-863X

Publisher: Universidade of São Paulo. Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-011-JX0

DOI: 10.1590/1982-4327e3240

Abstract (EN): <jats:p>Abstract The literature that links career development with reading skills is scarce. This study seeks to fill this gap, for which the reading fluency of college students was analyzed, taking into account the choice of more/less desirable courses. Desirability is based on the classifications for college access. 211 students participated in the study, 132 female, attending four courses: Mechanical Engineering, Health, Psychology, and Education, in three Portuguese Public Universities. The instruments used were the sociodemographic form and the Teste de Idade de Leitura (Reading Age Test - TIL). The results indicated that students attending less desirable courses (i.e., Education and Health) are significantly less fluent and; students who score lower on reading fluency are more likely to belong to the Education course. This study stresses the importance of the distribution of students by the different areas of studies should not reflect reading fluency asymmetries.</jats:p>

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific