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ERIC Number: ED627204
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Apr-8
Pages: 36
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Early Predictors for Reading Comprehension Difficulties among Israeli Arabic-Native-Speaking Pupils in Fourth Grade
Makhoul, Bahaa' Afiff
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Online, Apr 8-12, 2021)
The current study followed literacy skills development amongst 79 Arabic native speaking pupils from kindergarten to fourth grade. Based on reading comprehension attainments in fourth grade, two groups of skilled and poor readers were identified. Poor readers showed significantly lower performance on measures of phonological and morphological awareness, concepts of print and alphabetic principle. Importantly, hierarchical regression analysis was then carried out to identify the emergent literacy skills in kindergarten and second grade that best predicts reading performance in fourth grade. Syntax ability, writing and alphabetic principle seemed to best explain reading comprehension performance in second grade. In fourth grade, alphabetic principle and morphological awareness skills in kindergarten were the best predictors for reading comprehension.
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 2
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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