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Lindinger, Nadine M.; Jacobson, Sandra W.; Davidson, Landi; Conradie, Simone; Dodge, Neil C.; Molteno, Christopher D.; Meintjes, Ernesta M.; Gaab, Nadine; Jacobson, Joseph L. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
Purpose: To date, research on effects of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has focused on a broad range of cognitive impairments, but relatively few studies have examined effects of PAE on development of reading skills. Although PAE has been linked to poorer reading comprehension, it remains unclear whether this impairment is attributable to…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Adolescents
C. Patrick Proctor; Jeffrey R. Harring; Rebecca D. Silverman – Grantee Submission, 2014
In this correlational study, we analyzed data from 71 Spanish-English biliterate students in grades 3 (n=21), 4 (n=23), and 5 (n=27) with the goal of investigating the applicability of the Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986; Hoover & Gough, 1990) in English and in Spanish for this population. The simple view posits that decoding…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Elementary School Students, Reading Skills, Decoding (Reading)
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Geva, Esther; Massey-Garrison, Angela – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
The overall objective of this article is to examine how oral language abilities relate to reading profiles in English language learners (ELLs) and English as a first language (EL1) learners, and the extent of similarities and differences between ELLs and EL1s in three reading subgroups: normal readers, poor decoders, and poor comprehenders. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Skills, English Language Learners, Decoding (Reading)