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Lindinger, Nadine M.; Jacobson, Sandra W.; Davidson, Landi; Conradie, Simone; Dodge, Neil C.; Molteno, Christopher D.; Meintjes, Ernesta M.; Gaab, Nadine; Jacobson, Joseph L. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
Purpose: To date, research on effects of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) has focused on a broad range of cognitive impairments, but relatively few studies have examined effects of PAE on development of reading skills. Although PAE has been linked to poorer reading comprehension, it remains unclear whether this impairment is attributable to…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Adolescents
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Sorenson Duncan, Tamara; Mimeau, Catherine; Crowell, Nikita; Deacon, S. Hélène – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
The sentences in texts are far more complex and diverse than those that children commonly encounter in oral language. This raises interesting questions as to whether the understanding of some sentence types might be more important than others in children's reading comprehension. Accordingly, we examined the relation between children's reading…
Descriptors: Sentences, Correlation, Children, Elementary School Students