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Preschool Phonological, Morphological and Semantic Skills Explain It All: Following Reading Development through a 9-Year Period
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Lyster, Solveig-Alma Halaas; Snowling, Margaret J.; Hulme, Charles; Lervåg, Arne Ola – Journal of Research in Reading, 2021
Background: There is increasing recognition of the contribution of morphological skills to the development of reading fluency. However, theoretical models and recent research raise questions about how different language skills influence reading development. Methods: The present study was designed to follow the reading development of a large sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Pathways to Reading Comprehension: A Longitudinal Study from 4 to 9 Years of Age
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Hjetland, Hanne Naess; Lervåg, Arne; Lyster, Solveig-Alma Halaas; Hagtvet, Bente Eriksen; Hulme, Charles; Melby-Lervåg, Monica – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
The two major determinants of reading comprehension are language comprehension and decoding, but prior studies of the development of reading comprehension from an early age show inconsistent results. To clarify these inconsistencies we report a 6-year longitudinal study (starting at Age 4 years) where we control for measurement error and track the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Predictor Variables, Decoding (Reading), Oral Language