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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)
Halpin, Peter F.; Kieffer, Michael J. – Educational Researcher, 2015
The authors outline the application of latent class analysis (LCA) to classroom observational instruments. LCA offers diagnostic information about teachers' instructional strengths and weaknesses, along with estimates of measurement error for individual teachers, while remaining relatively straightforward to implement and interpret. It is…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement
Halpin, Peter F.; Kieffer, Michael J. – Grantee Submission, 2015
The authors outline the application of latent class analysis (LCA) to classroom observational instruments. LCA offers diagnostic information about teachers' instructional strengths and weaknesses, along with estimates of measurement error for individual teachers, while remaining relatively straightforward to implement and interpret. It is…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement
Kieffer, Michael J. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
Using longitudinal data on a nationally representative U.S. cohort, this study investigated the relationship between socioeconomic status and students' reading growth between kindergarten and eighth grade. Piecewise latent growth modeling was used to describe nonlinear growth trajectories in reading during three developmental periods: kindergarten…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Students
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.; Rivera, Mabel; Francis, David J. – Center on Instruction, 2012
This report presents results from a new quantitative synthesis of research on the effectiveness and validity of test accommodations for English language learners (ELLs) taking large-scale assessments. In 2006, the Center on Instruction published a review of the literature on test accommodations for ELLs titled "Practical Guidelines for the…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, English Language Learners, Evidence, Meta Analysis
