Reading and the Unisa student : is academic performance related to reading ability?

摘要: This article reports on research that examined the relationship between reading ability and academic performance amongst undergraduate students at Unisa. The findings form part of a larger study involving doctoral into inferencing abilities during expository texts. Inferential processing is central to comprehension because it involves perceive connections or relationships entities in text. results indicate Unisa generally have distressingly low levels slow speeds, strongly related performance: better are making inferences while they read, perform academically. These suggest urgent attention needs be given improving tertiary level, for constitutes very process whereby learning occurs. In hierdie artikel word verslag gedoen oor navorsing wat die verband tussen leesvermoe en akademiese prestasie van voorgraadse studente by uitlig. Die bevindinge vorm deel doktorale se vermoe om afleidings te maak lees verklarende tekste. staan sentraal tot leesbegrip, omdat dit verbande verwantskappe entiteite raak sien, behels. resultate dui daarop dat onrusbarend lae leesvlakke stadige leesspoed beskik, 'n sterk verwantskap toon met prestasie: hoe meer staat terwyl hulle lees, beter prestasie. dringende aandag onverwyld gegee moet aan op tersiere vlak, leer juis tydens leesproses plaasvind.