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Direct linkLoizidou-Ieridou, Nataly; Masterson, Jackie; Hanley, J. Richard – Journal of Research in Reading, 2010
The aim of the present study was to examine the spelling development of Greek-speaking children in the early school grades. Although Greek orthography is regular for reading, it is much less transparent as far as spelling is concerned. Spelling development was investigated using a word spelling task designed to explore the effects of word length,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Language Processing, Spelling, Familiarity
Masterson, Jackie; Hayes, Maureen – Journal of Research in Reading, 2007
Author and book title recognition tests have been used extensively in reading-related research with both children and adults. The present paper reports the development of a book title and author recognition test and data from a UK sample of adults. Higher scores were obtained on the Author test than on the Title test. It is suggested that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Programs, Adult Learning, Recognition (Psychology)
Masterson, Jackie; Laxon, Veronica; Lovejoy, Sophie; Morris, Victoria – Journal of Research in Reading, 2007
Two groups of undergraduate students, matched for reading skill but differing in spelling ability, participated in three experiments with the aim of exploring the causes of differences in spelling skill in this population. In the first experiment participants were presented with a range of tasks to investigate the possibility that the poor…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Spelling, Phonology, Economically Disadvantaged
Masterson, Jackie; Laxon, Veronica; Carnegie, Emma; Wright, Sheila; Horslen, Janice – Journal of Research in Reading, 2005
Previous research has established that the degree of "wordlikeness" of nonwords affects young children's nonword repetition performance. Experiment 1 examined the possibility that output processes are responsible for the wordlikeness effect by using a probed recall procedure. Wordlikeness was defined in terms of phonological neighbourhood density,…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Young Children, Recall (Psychology), Phonology
Masterson, Jackie; Hayes, Maureen – Journal of Research in Reading, 2004
The Nelson Denny Reading Test (Brown, Fishco & Hanna, 1993) provides measures of comprehension, reading rate and vocabulary. It is widely used in research studies with high school and undergraduate students and for assessment purposes in the USA. No widely used test of this kind exists for adults in the UK. The present paper reports data from 197…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reading Tests, Reading Rate, Student Placement
Peer reviewedStuart, Morag; Masterson, Jackie; Dixon, Maureen – Journal of Research in Reading, 2000
Investigates the relation between phonological awareness, sound-to-letter mapping knowledge, and printed word learning in novice five-year-old readers. Explores effects of visual memory and of teaching methods. Finds mental representations of printed words are more easily formed by beginners who are able to match at least some of the phonological…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Memory, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Primary Education
