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Improvement in Reading Rate under Independent and Difficult Text Levels: Influences on Word and Comprehension Skills
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O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Swanson, H. Lee; Geraghty, Cathleen – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Improving reading rate can be difficult for poor readers. In this experiment, we investigated the impact of improvement in reading rate on other aspects of reading, including word recognition, decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension. Poor readers in Grades 2 or 4 (N = 123) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: practice reading text at their…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Independent Reading, Word Recognition, Grade 2
Do Different Components of Working Memory Underlie Different Subgroups of Reading Disabilities?
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Swanson, H. Lee; Howard, Crystal B.; Saez, Leilani – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
The purpose of this study was to determine the components of working memory (WM) that underlie less skilled readers' comprehension and word recognition difficulties. Performance of 3 less skilled reading subgroups--children with reading disabilities (RD) in both word recognition and comprehension; children with comprehension deficits only; and…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Short Term Memory, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension