Reading comprehension is an essential academic skill that underpins students’ performance across all areas of tertiary education. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students engage in extensive academic reading, yet their needs, strategies and challenges differ considerably due to differences in cognitive development, academic experience and disciplinary familiarity. This study investigates the nature of reading comprehension at these two academic levels, focusing on how comprehension is assessed, what difficulties students encounter, and which assessment approaches most effectively capture meaningful comprehension. The research draws on theoretical models including schema theory, metacognitive theory and cognitive load theory, and is supported by empirical data collected from a quasi-experimental study with 120 undergraduates and 60 postgraduates. The study used comprehension tests, metacognitive awareness questionnaires and think-aloud protocols. Results indicate that postgraduate students demonstrate stronger metacognitive control, more efficient inferential reasoning and greater analytical depth, while undergraduates rely more heavily on surface-level processing and face greater challenges with vocabulary density and abstract reasoning. The study concludes that traditional reading comprehension tests often fail to measure higher-order comprehension skills and suggests a multi-layered assessment model that includes formative tasks, metacognitive components and discipline-specific reading activities. The findings have significant implications for curriculum designers, instructors and educational policymakers aiming to enhance academic literacy at the tertiary level.
| Mualliflar | ABDURAKHMONOVA, Muslima |
|---|---|
| Jurnal | Lingvospektr |
| Nashr sanasi | 2025-12-27 |
| Jild | 12 |
| Son | 2 |
| Betlar | 511-515 |
| Til | Ingliz |
reading comprehension, undergraduate students, postgraduate students, academic literacy, metacognitive awareness, inferential understanding, cognitive processing, reading strategies.
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