<p>Task-Oriented Reading in Primary School. The Ability to Discriminate Relevant Content from Multiple Text of Fourth- and Sixth-Graders</p>

Introduction. Multiple-text task-oriented reading is using several texts to perform an assigned task. It involves two core processes, namely, comprehending text contents and discriminating the that are relevant for We explored these processes in primary school students. Method. had 150 students from grades fourth (9-10 years old) sixth (11-12 use three learn about question. After texts, they took a recall test, which required them as much possible question-relevant information, verification judge inferences contents, both question-irrelevant, true or false. Results. The participants performed worse than verification. sixth-graders outperformed fourth-graders and, more clearly, Discussion Conclusion. results suggest, first, better able comprehend discriminate task-relevant content second, ability improve throughout but former may develop faster.