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  • The study investigates how grammatical knowledge affects reading comprehension, focusing on cohesive ties.
  • The meta-analysis reviewed 86 studies involving 14,852 readers from primary school to university, finding a strong correlation between grammatical knowledge and reading comprehension.
  • The results indicate that cohesive ties in grammar significantly contribute to understanding texts across various educational levels.

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The study aimed to examine the cohesive tie effect on reading comprehension through the grammatical knowledge cognition process. The present meta-analysis examined the correlation between grammatical knowledge and reading comprehension based on empirical results published between 1998 and 2021. This study selected 86 studies with a total of 14,852 readers whose grades were grouped from primary school to university. The results showed that the overall correlation effect size between grammatical knowledge and reading comprehension was large, and the significant interaction effect of the grade group was confirmed through moderator analysis. The results suggested that the grammatical knowledge's function of the cohesive tie has a transfer effect across different text comprehension scripts.

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