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Mano, Quintino R.; Guerin, Julia M. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Print exposure is an important causal factor in reading development. Little is known, however, of the mechanisms through which print exposure exerts an effect onto reading. To address this gap, we examined the direct and indirect effects of print exposure on silent reading fluency among college students (n = 52). More specifically, we focused on…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Printed Materials, Silent Reading, Reading Fluency
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Gottardo, Alexandra; Mirza, Amna; Koh, Poh Wee; Ferreira, Aline; Javier, Christine – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
As posited by the simple view of reading, listening comprehension and decoding are necessary for reading comprehension. Thus, the present study examined subcomponents of listening comprehension (i.e., vocabulary, morphology, and syntax) and their contributions to reading comprehension. The novel aspect of this study is that rather than examining…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Vocabulary, Morphology (Languages), Reading Comprehension
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Puranik, Cynthia S.; Patchan, Melissa M.; Lemons, Christopher J.; Al Otaiba, Stephanie – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Despite the poor outcomes for U.S. students on national writing tests, overall research on how to teach writing is sparse, and this scarcity is more pronounced in the early years of beginning to write. In this study 81,200 we present preliminary findings from Year 1 of a 3-year Institute of Education Sciences-funded Goal 2 project aimed at…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Feasibility Studies, Kindergarten, Writing Strategies