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Early Prediction of Reading Comprehension within the Simple View Framework
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Catts, Hugh W.; Herrera, Sarah; Nielsen, Diane Corcoran; Bridges, Mindy Sittner – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2015
The simple view of reading proposes that reading comprehension is the product of word reading and language comprehension. In this study, we used the simple view framework to examine the early prediction of reading comprehension abilities. Using multiple measures for all constructs, we assessed word reading precursors (i.e., letter knowledge,…
Descriptors: Prediction, Reading Comprehension, Sight Method, Language Acquisition
Prediction of Academic Performance Prior to Intersections within a Multi-Tiered School System
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Lenhard, Wolfgang; Schröppel, Daniela – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
Diagnostic information is a centrepiece of educational decision making. Far-reaching decisions like placements within multi-tiered school systems may have a huge long-term impact on the achieved level of education. Therefore, such decisions should be substantiated or complemented by objective and prognostically valid information. To this end, we…
Descriptors: Prediction, Academic Achievement, Self Concept, Reading Comprehension
Using Curriculum-Based Measurement to Predict Eighth-Grade Student Performance on a Statewide Reading Assessment
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LeRoux, Mindy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between oral reading fluency (ORF) and Maze, two common Curriculum-Based Measures (CBMs), and the statewide large-scale assessment of reading in Oregon, the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills- Reading (OAKS-R). A sample of three cohorts of eighth-grade students in an Oregon school…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Grade 8, Reading Tests, Oral Reading
Assessing the Predictive Validity of Prior Knowledge Assessment.
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Leslie, Lauren; Cooper, Paula – 1992
A study examined the predictive validity of two methods of prior knowledge assessment: free association and prediction. Subjects, 72 sixth graders from suburban public and private schools, were divided into four groups: standard free association; standard free association plus prediction; definitional free association; and definitional free…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELECTED LANGUAGE VARIABLES AND COMPREHENSION ABILITY AND DIFFICULTY.
BORMUTH, JOHN R. – 1964
A STUDY WHICH DEALT WITH ONE ASPECT OF THE QUESTION OF WHY ONE LANGUAGE IS EASY TO COMPREHEND WHILE ANOTHER IS NOT WAS REPORTED. SPECIFICALLY, IT STUDIED THE PROBLEM OF INCREASING THE PRECISION OF READABILITY PREDICTION. THE OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO DETERMINE THE FORMS AND STRENGTHS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPREHENSION DIFFICULTY OF LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Instructional Materials, Linguistics, Material Development
Convergent/Divergent Predictions of Urban First Graders.
Farber, Frances D.; Putnam, Lillian R. – 1983
Since an author does not provide all critical information, a text is never fully explicit; it demands that the reader/listener supply missing elements in order to form a coherent and logical whole. A study was conducted to explore both the types of responses urban first grade students made when asked to predict a narrative ending and differences…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis