Reading comprehension measure choice moderates findings on the word reading–comprehension relation: short-passage tests show age effects, long-passage tests do not¶
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Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2015: tool and model accuracy changes quickly
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q3 i? When the comprehension factor used only short-passage tests (WJ passage comprehension and PIAT), listening and reading comprehension could not be collapsed into one factor. → Christopher 2012
q3 i? When the comprehension factor used long-passage tests (GORT and QRI), the two comprehension factors could be collapsed. → Christopher 2012
Evidence¶
Christopher 2012¶
Christopher, M. E., Miyake, A., Keenan, J. M., Pennington, B., DeFries, J. C., Wadsworth, S. J., Willcutt, E., & Olson, R. K. (2012). Predicting Word Reading and Comprehension with Executive Function and Speed Measures Across Development: A Latent Variable Analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360115/
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Two reruns of the reading CFA, one modeling comprehension with only the short-passage tests and one with only the long-passage tests. The article reports the collapse failed for short passages (Δχ2[17] = 344.92, p < .01) but succeeded for long passages (Δχ2[17] = 20.42, p = .25).
"In the first model we were no longer able to collapse listening and reading comprehension into one factor (Δχ2[17] = 344.92, p < .01), but we were able to in the second model (Δχ2[17] = 20.42, p = .25)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- The relation between word reading and reading comprehension is largely invariant across age groups 8 to 10 and 11 to 16 — related
- Reading comprehension variance is fully shared with listening comprehension and word reading — related
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Reading comprehension measure choice moderates findings on the word reading–comprehension relation: short-passage tests show age effects, long-passage tests do not |
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Reading comprehension measure choice moderates findings on the word reading–comprehension relation: short-passage tests show age effects, long-passage tests do not |
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