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Direct linkKieffer, Michael J.; Christodoulou, Joanna A. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2020
The authors investigated the roles of reading fluency in mediating and moderating the relation between executive functions and reading comprehension. Linguistically diverse students (n = 106) were assessed on multiple measures of reading fluency at the passage and word levels, reading comprehension, and executive functions in grade 7 and again in…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Executive Function, Reading Comprehension, Student Diversity
Logan, J. Kenneth; Kieffer, Michael J. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study investigates the concurrent and longitudinal relationships between polysemous word knowledge and reading comprehension among bilingual students (n = 107) followed from seventh to eighth grade. Standardized tests were used to measure decoding skills, broad vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension. Data about students' polysemous…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Longitudinal Studies, Grade 7, Grade 8
Download full textWeaver, Andrew; Kieffer, Michael J. – Grantee Submission, 2022
This study examines differences in English language comprehension, reading fluency, and executive functions among Spanish-English bilinguals with reading difficulties. Reading difficulties examined included general reading difficulties, defined by low word reading and reading comprehension, and specific-reading comprehension difficulties, defined…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Achievement Tests, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability
Weaver, Andrew; Kieffer, Michael J. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
This study examines differences in English language comprehension, reading fluency, and executive functions among Spanish-English bilinguals with reading difficulties. Reading difficulties examined included general reading difficulties, defined by low word reading and reading comprehension, and specific-reading comprehension difficulties, defined…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Kieffer, Michael J.; Biancarosa, Gina; Mancilla-Martinez, Jeannette – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
This study investigated the direct and indirect roles of morphological awareness reading comprehension for Spanish-speaking language minority learners reading in English. Multivariate path analysis was used to investigate the unique contribution of derivational morphological awareness to reading comprehension as well as its indirect contributions…
Descriptors: Role, Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
Kieffer, Michael J. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2012
Using nationally-representative, longitudinal data on a cohort of Spanish-speaking English language learners in the U.S., this study investigated the extent to which early oral language proficiency in Spanish and English predicts later levels and rates of growth in English reading. Latent growth models indicated that both Spanish and English…
Descriptors: Evidence, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication, Oral Language
