The Underlying Components of Growth in Decoding and Reading Comprehension: Findings from a 5-Year Longitudinal Study of German-Speaking Children

IF 2.9 2区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Scientific Studies of Reading Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI:10.1080/10888438.2022.2164199

Jan-Henning Ehm, A. Schmitterer, Telse Nagler, A. Lervåg

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Purpose The transition to school and the first years of elementary school education are very sensitive phases for reading development. Reading researchers have established key precursors and developmental steps in these phases. However, how these components interact and affect growth is not well understood yet. The current study from Germany replicates established findings and explores how curvilinear effects can add information to our understanding of reading development. Method 525 German-speaking children were followed during a 5-year period from kindergarten to fourth Grade. Phonological awareness (PA), letter knowledge (LK), rapid naming (RAN) and language skills (LS) were assessed in kindergarten, decoding and reading comprehension in elementary school. Analysis was based on latent growth models with curvilinear (quadratic) effects. Results The results indicate that PA and LK are of importance for early reading, RAN was additionally revealed to be of importance for further growth in decoding. Language skills and decoding, together with their interaction, explain variation in reading comprehension skills. A curvilinear effect was found for decoding on reading comprehension growth only. Conclusion Our study shows which precursors predict growth in reading development in a transparent orthography and expands our understanding of how language and decoding affect the development of reading comprehension.

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解码和阅读理解成长的潜在因素:一项对德语儿童的5年纵向研究的结果

摘要目的升学和小学教育的第一年是阅读发展非常敏感的阶段。阅读研究人员已经确定了这些阶段的关键前体和发展步骤。然而，这些成分是如何相互作用并影响生长的，目前还不清楚。目前来自德国的研究重复了已有的发现，并探索了曲线效应如何为我们对阅读发展的理解增加信息。方法对525名德语儿童从幼儿园到四年级进行了5年的随访。在幼儿园和小学分别对幼儿的语音意识(PA)、字母知识(LK)、快速命名(RAN)和语言能力(LS)进行评估。分析基于具有曲线(二次)效应的潜在增长模型。结果PA和LK对早期阅读有重要作用，RAN对解码的进一步发展也有重要作用。语言技能和解码及其相互作用解释了阅读理解技能的差异。解码仅对阅读理解增长有曲线效应。结论本研究揭示了透明正字法中哪些前体预示着阅读能力的发展，并扩展了我们对语言和解码如何影响阅读理解能力发展的理解。

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Scientific Studies of Reading Multiple-

CiteScore

7.20

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2.70%

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期刊介绍： This journal publishes original empirical investigations dealing with all aspects of reading and its related areas, and, occasionally, scholarly reviews of the literature, papers focused on theory development, and discussions of social policy issues. Papers range from very basic studies to those whose main thrust is toward educational practice. The journal also includes work on "all aspects of reading and its related areas," a phrase that is sufficiently general to encompass issues related to word recognition, comprehension, writing, intervention, and assessment involving very young children and/or adults.