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Robinson, Melissa F.; Meisinger, Elizabeth B. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among phonological skills, reading fluency, and reading comprehension across reading modality (oral and silent) for a sample of students (N = 121) in grades 2-5 who have been diagnosed with dyslexia. Participants were administered text-level oral and silent reading fluency and comprehension…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Oral Reading
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Birch, Stacy L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to identify and characterize surface and phonological subgroups of readers among college students with a prior diagnosis of developmental reading disability (RD). Using a speeded naming task derived from Castles and Coltheart's subtyping study, we identified subgroups of readers from among college students with…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Difficulties, Incidence, Profiles
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Segal, Aviva; Martin-Chang, Sandra – Journal of Research in Reading, 2019
Background: Although a large body of research has investigated teachers' reading-related knowledge and associated pedagogical practices, comparatively little is known about these factors in parents. Therefore, the present study examined the association between parental reading-related knowledge and feedback during child-to-parent reading. Methods:…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary
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Metsala, Jamie L.; David, Margaret D.; Brown, Sarah – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
This study examined the incidence of reading impairments, the reading profiles, and the outcomes of a reading intervention for youth involved in a comprehensive crime prevention program. Rates of reading impairments were between 55% and 61%. Reading profiles for participants with reading comprehension impairments showed deficits in phonological…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Youth Programs
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O'Brien, Beth A.; Wolf, Maryanne; Lovett, Maureen W. – Dyslexia, 2012
Long-standing issues with the conceptualization, identification and subtyping of developmental dyslexia persist. This study takes an alternative approach to examine the heterogeneity of developmental dyslexia using taxometric classification techniques. These methods were used with a large sample of 671 children ages 6-8 who were diagnosed with…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Moore, Donna T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Approximately 15-20% of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with dyslexia. The theory of automaticity implies that automatic decoding precedes fluency in reading, leading to better comprehension. The "Reading from Scratch" program is designed to assist dyslexics improve their reading ability. Research questions for this case study…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Programs, Reading Ability, Phonology
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Pae, Hye K.; Sevcik, Rose A. – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
This study examined the respective contribution of verbal working memory, which was operationalized as immediate digit and sentence recall, to bilingual children's reading fluency and comprehension in the first language (L1) and second language (L2). Fifty children from two international sites took part in this study: One group was English-Korean…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Short Term Memory, Verbal Ability, Bilingual Students
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Paige, David D. – Reading Horizons, 2011
Research continues to suggest that adolescents struggle with reading, indicating that much work remains to ensure that all students read at levels consistent with the skills required for academic achievement (Biancarosa & Snow, 2006). This article investigates whole class choral reading (WCCR) within the context of a sixth-grade language arts…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Oral Reading, Grade 6