The statement that best describes the relative importance of oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension is:
<u>As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than oral reading fluency.</u>
It is the correct option because verbal comprehension is what children mostly need to understand a text or what another person is saying and it is also necessary to have a conversation. However, oral reading fluency is very important but it doesn't relate to the things mentioned before.
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Oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension are equally important throughout childhood and adolescence.
As children get older, verbal comprehension matters less, and oral reading fluency becomes more important.
Although oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension are both important, a child with problems in one domain can usually use the other domain to compensate.
