ERIC Number: EJ1378421
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-2711
EISSN: EISSN-1521-0685
Issues of Measuring Morphological Awareness Longitudinally
Reading Psychology, v44 n2 p175-193 2023
Morphological awareness has been assessed longitudinally for monolinguals and bilinguals to trace the developmental trend. Researchers have found the important role it plays in literacy development including vocabulary growth and reading development. Conclusions about the important role morphological awareness play in literacy development are dependent upon valid methods. Unfortunately, some morphological awareness measurement issues have persisted in the literature. This article addressed some issues of morphological awareness assessment that persisted in the literature, which would cause inaccurate findings for studies. Twenty-six longitudinal studies that have assessed morphological awareness in Chinese and English at multiple time points have been reviewed, to investigate and address issues of measuring morphological awareness longitudinally. Four major issues were identified in the current article including the issue of high attrition and small sample size, using the same measure for multiple time points, inappropriate difficulty levels and types of the measurement used, and limitation of using one measurement. It provided several implications for future studies which could measure morphological awareness longitudinally.
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, Chinese, Longitudinal Studies, Literacy, Vocabulary Development, English, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Research, Difficulty Level, Measurement Techniques, Bilingualism, Monolingualism, Elementary School Students, Attrition (Research Studies), Sample Size, Research Problems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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