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Tannenbaum, Kendra R.; Torgesen, Joseph K.; Wagner, Richard K. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2006
The relationship between word knowledge and reading comprehension has been well documented in research; however, the nature of this relationship remains unclear. Researchers usually distinguish between 2 aspects of an individual's word knowledge: breadth and depth. In addition to these 2 factors, it may be important to also consider fluency in the…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
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Lepola, Janne; Poskiparta, Elisa; Laakkonen, Eero; Niemi, Pekka – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2005
In this 2-year longitudinal study the developmental relationships among letter knowledge, phonological awareness, rapid naming, and task orientation were examined, and linguistic-motivational pathways of word reading acquisition were traced from kindergarten to Grade 1 by means of structural equation modeling. The participants were 100…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Prediction, Phonology, Phonemes