The Precursors of Reading Ability in Young Readers: Evidence From a Four-Year Longitudinal Study

We report a longitudinal study investigating the predictors of reading comprehension and word reading accuracy between the ages of 7 to 8 (UK Year 3) and 10 to 11 years (Year 6). We found that different skills predicted the development of each. Reading comprehension skill measured in Year 3 was a st...

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Published in:	Scientific studies of reading Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 91 - 121
Main Authors:	Oakhill, Jane V., Cain, Kate
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.2012 Routledge Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects:	Ability Accuracy Children Comprehension Elementary school students Evidence Foreign Countries Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Inference Intelligence Intelligence tests Longitudinal Studies Neale Analysis of Reading Ability Phonemic awareness Phonetics Phonological Awareness Precursors Predictions Predictor Variables Reading Ability Reading accuracy Reading Acquisition Reading Comprehension Reading Skills Skills Story Grammar United Kingdom Verbal Ability Vocabulary Vocabulary Size Vocabulary Skills Word Recognition United Kingdom United Kingdom > UK
ISSN:	1088-8438, 1532-799X
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