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Kahta, Shani; Kiassi-Lebel, Mali; Cohen, Miki; Sasson, Ayelet; Schiff, Rachel – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
Morphological knowledge plays an essential role in the acquisition of literacy skills and has therefore gained increasing attention in studies involving populations with literacy deficits, such as students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Previous studies have shown that fully developed morphological representations are abstract…
Descriptors: Semantics, Morphology (Languages), Socioeconomic Status, Low Income Students
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Helman, Amanda L.; Calhoon, Mary Beth; Kern, Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
This study investigated the effects of a combined contextual and morphemic analysis strategy to increase prediction and analysis of science vocabulary words by three high school (9th--10th grade) English language learners with reading disabilities. A multiple baseline across participants design was used. Students analyzed science words using the…
Descriptors: Prediction, Vocabulary, Science Instruction, Reading Difficulties
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Chung, Kevin K. H.; Lo, Jason C. M.; Ho, Connie S.-H.; Xiao, Xiaoyun; Chan, David W. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2014
This study aims to investigate the relation of syntactic and discourse skills to morphological skills, rapid naming, and working memory in Chinese adolescent readers with dyslexia and to examine their cognitive-linguistic profiles. Fifty-two dyslexic readers (mean age, 13;42) from grade 7 to 9 in Hong Kong high schools were compared with 52…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Naming, Short Term Memory, Syntax