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ERIC Number: EJ389956
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Word Knowledge and Working Memory as Predictors of Reading Skill.
Dixon, Peter; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n4 p465-72 Dec 1988
Measures of working memory capacity and measures of word knowledge were used as predictors of three measures of reading skills in 95 undergraduates. Vocabulary size and speed of accessing it were independent of word knowledge. Reading comprehension, reading speed, and text inferencing ability were independent measures of reading skill. (SLD)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inferences, Memory, Predictor Variables, Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate, Reading Skills, Undergraduate Students, Vocabulary Skills, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canadians; Text Processing (Reading); Working Memory