Flexibilidade cognitiva e compreensão textual: estudo correlacional

Abstract

The textual comprehension is fundamental to the learning process, as it contributes significantly to an autonomous and critical reading. In this way, this research sought to analyze the relationship between cognitive flexibility and textual comprehension, specifically to evaluate the overall performance of the participants in the Cloze and Trails tests, to compare the performance obtained in each test between the 4th and 5th years of elementary school and to identify the differences in performance between the female and male sex in each test. For this, the Trail Test, part A and B, and the Cloze Technique were used, with 100 students enrolled in the 4th and 5th year of elementary school at a public school in the city of João Pessoa - PB. The results revealed a below-expected level of reading as well as low visual search. On the other hand, cognitive flexibility is demonstrated in the average for the two school years. No significant relationship was found between flexibility and comprehension, but the results show a significant relationship between visual search and textual comprehension. Such findings contribute to the literature in order to offer suggestions for further research.