ERIC Number: EJ1369966
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1057-3569
EISSN: EISSN-1521-0693
Profiles of Oral and Reading Comprehension in Poor Comprehenders
Kelso, Katrina; Whitworth, Anne; Leitão, Suze
Reading & Writing Quarterly, v38 n6 p526-543 2022
This study aimed to profile the sublexical, lexical, and text level language skills, and cognitive processes of a sub-group of children with poor reading comprehension known as poor comprehenders. An assessment protocol was developed to assess each of the components from Perfetti and Stafura's Reading Systems Framework. A comprehensive profile was obtained for 17 poor comprehenders in School Years 3-6 (aged 8-11 years), each assessed individually. Consistent with previous research, and irrespective of age, the poor comprehenders in this study did not have difficulty with sublexical and word reading skills overall. Unexpectedly, only two children had difficulty with the lower-level language tasks at the Lexicon and sentence sub-level of the Reading Systems Framework. In contrast, 15 poor comprehenders had difficulty with higher-level comprehension processes. All children had weak verbal working memory, supporting previous research findings. The study provides direction for clinical assessment tasks for use with this population.
Descriptors: Language Processing, Oral Language, Reading Comprehension, Profiles, Student Characteristics, Guidelines, Reading Difficulties, Task Analysis, Vocabulary Skills, Short Term Memory, Verbal Ability, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Reading Tests, Grammar, Reading Processes, Interference (Learning), Inferences, Text Structure, Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Intelligence Tests, Vocabulary, Cognitive Tests, Phonemes, Written Language, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of Word Reading Efficiency; Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Digit Span Test
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