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Kieffer, Michael J.; Vukovic, Rose K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Drawing on the cognitive and ecological domains within the componential model of reading, this longitudinal study explores heterogeneity in the sources of reading difficulties for language minority learners and native English speakers in urban schools. Students (N = 150) were followed from first through third grade and assessed annually on…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Urban Schools, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
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Gray, Audra; McCutchen, Deborah – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
In this study, we explored the relationship between beginning readers' phonological awareness and other aspects of phonological processing, specifically as manifested in short-term memory and comprehension tasks. The theoretical questions underlying the study were (a) what roles phonological processes play in children's beginning reading, from…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Short Term Memory, Sentences, Reading Skills