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Goodwin, Amanda P.; Petscher, Yaacov; Reynolds, Dan – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
Purpose: This study explores the roles of morphological skills (Morphological Awareness, Morphological-Syntactic-Knowledge,Morphological-Semantic-Knowledge, and Morphological-Orthographic/Phonological-Knowledge), vocabulary (knowledge of definitions, relationships between words, and polysemous meanings), and syntax in contributing to adolescent…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, Syntax
Goodwin, Amanda P.; Petscher, Yaacov; Reynolds, Dan – Grantee Submission, 2021
Purpose: This study explores the roles of morphological skills (Morphological Awareness, Morphological-Syntactic-Knowledge, Morphological-Semantic-Knowledge, and Morphological-Orthographic/Phonological-Knowledge), vocabulary (knowledge of definitions, relationships between words, and polysemous meanings), and syntax in contributing to adolescent…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, Syntax
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Wanzek, Jeanne; Otaiba, Stephanie Al; Petscher, Yaacov; Lemons, Christopher J.; Gesel, Samantha A.; Fluhler, Sally; Donegan, Rachel E.; Rivas, Brenna K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effects of providing mindset intervention in addition to reading intervention compared with only reading intervention for fourth graders with reading difficulties. Reading intervention was provided daily in 45 min sessions throughout the school year. Mindset intervention occurred in small groups…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students
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Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Petscher, Yaacov; Vorstius, Christopher – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2021
We examined the relations between working memory, emergent literacy skills (e.g., phonological awareness, orthographic awareness, rapid-automatized naming), word reading, and listening comprehension to online reading processes (eye movements), and their relations to reading comprehension. A total of 292 students were assessed on working memory and…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Short Term Memory, Emergent Literacy, Listening Comprehension
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Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Petscher, Yaacov – Annals of Dyslexia, 2021
We investigated the contributions of multiple strands of factors--individual characteristics (struggling reader status, working memory, vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, knowledge-based inference, theory of mind, comprehension monitoring), a text feature (narrative vs. expository genre), and question types (literal and inferential)--to one's…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Oral Language, Listening Comprehension, Elementary School Students
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Goodwin, Amanda; Petscher, Yaacov; Tock, Jamie – Journal of Research in Reading, 2021
Background: Middle school students use the information conveyed by morphemes (i.e., units of meaning such as prefixes, root words and suffixes) in different ways to support their literacy endeavours, suggesting the likelihood that morphological knowledge is multidimensional. This has important implications for assessment. Methods: The current…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, Student Evaluation
Goodwin, Amanda P.; Petscher, Yaacov; Tock, Jamie – Grantee Submission, 2021
Background: Middle school students use the information conveyed by morphemes (i.e., units of meaning such as prefixes, root words and suffixes) in different ways to support their literacy endeavours, suggesting the likelihood that morphological knowledge is multidimensional. This has important implications for assessment. Methods: The current…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Morphemes, Middle School Students, Knowledge Level