The incremental variance of morphological knowledge to reading comprehension in grades 3-10 beyond prior reading comprehension, spelling, and text reading efficiency

被引:50
作者
Foorman, Barbara R. [1 ]
Petscher, Yaacov [1 ]
Bishop, M. Denise [1 ]
机构
[1] Florida State Univ, Florida Ctr Reading Res, Tallahassee, FL 32310 USA
关键词
Morphological knowledge; Morphological awareness; Word structure; Reading comprehension; Spelling; Text reading efficiency; DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY; AWARENESS;
D O I
10.1016/j.lindif.2012.07.009
中图分类号
G44 [教育心理学];
学科分类号
0402 ; 040202 ;
摘要
We know that knowledge of word structure morphology relates to reading, but there is limited research on its unique contribution to reading comprehension, especially with students in middle and high schools and with the nesting of students within classrooms taken into account. In this study with 4780 students in grades 3 to 10, we examined how students' winter scores in morphological knowledge, spelling, text reading efficiency, and reading comprehension predicted spring scores in reading comprehension. Reading comprehension was measured by a computeradaptive, interim reading assessment. Bivariate relations were examined and a strong relation between morphological knowledge and reading comprehension was observed in all grades except grade 10. Multilevel analyses showed that morphological knowledge added 2%-9% unique variance beyond the autoregressor in predicting spring reading comprehension at the student level and that over 90% of the large variability between classrooms was explained by performance on these component skills. Educational implications were discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:792 / 798
页数:7
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