What is the Simple View of Reading? This explains the theoretical model of Gough and Tunmer. It says that Decoding times Language Comprehension equals Reading Comprehension.

The Simple View formula and supporting studies show that a student’s reading comprehension (RC) score can be predicted if decoding (D) skills and language comprehension (LC) abilities are known. Notice that D and LC are not added together to predict RC. They are multiplied. In the Simple View formula, the values of D and LC must be between 0 and 1 (or 0% and 100%). A score of 0 means no skill or ability at all and 1 indicates perfection.

Source: Reading Rockets

An expanded view of the Simple View of Reading

This is an expanded view of the Simple View of Reading. It goes into more depth and explains the subskills of decoding and language comprehension.

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