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To, Nancy L.; Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Binder, Katherine S. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2016
For adults with low literacy skills, the role of phonology in reading has been fairly well researched, but less is known about the role of morphology in reading. We investigated the contribution of morphological awareness to word reading and reading comprehension and found that for adults with low literacy skills and skilled readers, morphological…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Reading Comprehension, Adult Literacy, Reading Skills
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Nielsen, Kathleen; Abbott, Robert; Griffin, Whitney; Lott, Joe; Raskind, Wendy; Berninger, Virginia W. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
The same working memory and reading and writing achievement phenotypes (behavioral markers of genetic variants) validated in prior research with younger children and older adults in a multi-generational family genetics study of dyslexia were used to study 81 adolescent and young adults (ages 16 to 25) from that study. Dyslexia is impaired word…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Reading Achievement, Writing Evaluation, Dyslexia