ERIC Number: EJ1140519
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Exploring the Co-Development of Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension: A Twin Study
Little, Callie W.; Hart, Sara A.; Quinn, Jamie M.; Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.; Taylor, Jeanette; Schatschneider, Christopher
Child Development, v88 n3 p934-945 May-Jun 2017
This study explores the co-development of two related but separate reading skills, reading fluency and reading comprehension, across Grades 1-4. A bivariate biometric dual change score model was applied to longitudinal data collected from 1,784 twin pairs between the ages of 6 and 10 years. Grade 1 skills were influenced by highly overlapping genetic and environmental factors. Growth in both skills was influenced by highly overlapping shared environmental factors. Cross-lagged parameters indicated bidirectional effects, with stronger effects from fluency to comprehension change than from comprehension to fluency change.
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Scores, Longitudinal Studies, Twins, Environmental Influences, Genetics, Age Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 1; Primary Education; Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B090021; P50HD052120