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Relative Growth in Word and Nonword Reading Ability as a Predictor of Reading Fluency
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Ashley Ann Edwards – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Little is known about what contributes to individual differences in reading fluency after accounting for accuracy. Previous research has shown individual differences in the relative growth in word and nonword reading, specifically a pattern in which students who start lower on reading grow more in word than nonword reading ability. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Prediction, Reading Ability, Reading Fluency, Reading Rate
Analyzing the Reading Skills and Visual Perception Levels of First Grade Students
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Çayir, Aybala – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The purpose of this study was to analyze primary school first grade students' reading levels and correlate their visual perception skills. For this purpose, students' reading speed, reading comprehension and reading errors were determined using The Informal Reading Inventory. Students' visual perception levels were also analyzed using…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Visual Perception, Grade 1
The Analysis of Reading Skills and Visual Perception Levels of First Grade Turkish Students
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Memis, Aysel; Sivri, Diler Ayvaz – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
In this study, primary school first grade students' reading skills and visual perception levels were investigated. Sample of the study, which was designed with relational scanning model, consisted of 168 first grade students studying at three public primary schools in Kozlu, Zonguldak, in 2013-2014 education year. Students' reading level, reading…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Grade 1, Visual Perception, Foreign Countries
Reading Accuracy and Speed of Vowelized and Unvowelized Scripts among Dyslexic Readers of Hebrew: The Road Not Taken
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Schiff, Rachel; Katzir, Tami; Shoshan, Noa – Annals of Dyslexia, 2013
The present study examined the effects of orthographic transparency on reading ability of children with dyslexia in two Hebrew scripts. The study explored the reading accuracy and speed of vowelized and unvowelized Hebrew words of fourth-grade children with dyslexia. A comparison was made to typically developing readers of two age groups: a group…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Semitic Languages, Reading, Accuracy
Mapping Educational Equity and Reform Policy in the Borderlands: LatCrit Spatial Analysis of Grade Retention
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Rodríguez, Cristóbal; Amador, Adam; Tarango, B. Abigail – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2016
The purpose of our study is to investigate reform policy, specifically a proposed third grade reading retention policy within the Borderlands. Under this policy, students not performing proficiently on the third grade reading standardized exam will be automatically retained in the third grade. The research methods and approach used in this study…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Geographic Regions
Orthographic Context and the Acquisition of Orthographic Knowledge in Normal and Dyslexic Readers
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de Jong, Peter F.; Messbauer, Vera C. S. – Dyslexia, 2011
We tested the hypothesis that the acquisition of orthographic knowledge of novel words that are presented in an indistinct context, that is a context with many orthographically similar words, would be more difficult for dyslexic than for normal readers. Participants were 19 Dutch dyslexic children (mean age 10;9 years), 20 age-matched and 20…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading, Orthographic Symbols, Children