Academic Journal
The Relations between Morphological Awareness and Reading Comprehension in Beginner Readers to Young Adolescents
| العنوان: | The Relations between Morphological Awareness and Reading Comprehension in Beginner Readers to Young Adolescents |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | James, Emma (ORCID |
| المصدر: | Journal of Research in Reading. Feb 2021 44(1):110-130. |
| الاتاحة: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2021 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Morphology (Languages), Reading Comprehension, Age Groups, Children, Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Vocabulary, Thinking Skills |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1467-9817.12316 |
| تدمد: | 0141-0423 |
| مستخلص: | Background: Morphological awareness plays a crucial role in supporting higher-level text processing. We examined its contribution to reading comprehension in children of different ages and ability levels in order to determine when and for whom morphological awareness is of particular importance. Methods: Three groups of children (aged 6-8 years, N = 128; 9-11 years, N = 126; and 12-13 years N = 147) completed judgement and production tasks to measure awareness of compounding, inflections and derivations. Nonverbal reasoning, vocabulary, phonological awareness, word reading and reading comprehension were also assessed. Results: Principal component analysis yielded a single primary factor of morphological awareness for each age group. Separate hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that this morphological awareness factor accounted for significant unique variance in reading comprehension for groups of 6-8 and 12-13 years, beyond age, nonverbal reasoning, vocabulary, phonological awareness and word reading. Vocabulary also uniquely predicted reading comprehension in all three age groups. Quantile regression analyses at three points in the reading comprehension distribution (0.1, 0.5 and 0.9) indicated that morphological awareness and vocabulary predicted reading comprehension to a similar extent across the ability range. Conclusions: Our results clarify the fundamental role of morphological awareness in reading comprehension across all levels of readers. In addition, vocabulary and morphological awareness each make critical contributions to comprehension ability in developing readers across the ability range. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ1283002 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 0141-0423 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/1467-9817.12316 |