ERIC Number: EJ886724
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jul
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0922-4777
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An Examination of the Relationship between Reading Comprehension, Higher-Level and Lower-Level Reading Sub-Skills in Adults
Landi, Nicole
Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v23 n6 p701-717 Jul 2010
Using a large adult reading database, we examined the relationships between high-level and low-level reading skills and between multiple reading skills, general cognitive ability, and reading comprehension ability. A principal components analysis found partial dissociability between higher-level skills including reading comprehension, vocabulary and print exposure, and lower-level skills including decoding and spelling in adult readers. Furthermore, follow-up regression analyses showed that the high-level sub-skills (e.g., vocabulary and print exposure) were significantly better predictors of reading comprehension ability than the low-level skills (e.g., decoding and spelling) in adult skilled readers. These findings suggest that higher-level and lower-level skills are dissociable in adult skilled readers and that higher-level skills are more strongly related to comprehension ability in adults.
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Spelling, Reading Skills, Cognitive Ability, Reading Ability, Adults, Vocabulary, Decoding (Reading), Predictor Variables, Correlation, Factor Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Grant or Contract Numbers: R305G020006