Oral narrative connectedness predicts reading performance 3–4 months in advance for phonological awareness, reading accuracy, and text comprehension, but not reading fluency.¶

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Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-27 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Narrative connectedness measures obtained months earlier predicted later performance in phonological awareness, word reading accuracy, and text comprehension, but did not predict reading fluency. → Bárbara Malcorra 2024

Evidence¶

Bárbara Malcorra 2024¶

Bárbara Malcorra, Marina Ribeiro, Luísa Jensen, Giovana Gomes, Tamara Meletti & Natália Bezerra Mota. (2024). Speech connectedness predicts reading performance three months in advance: a longitudinal experiment. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00248-4

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Longitudinal correlational analysis (Spearman correlations) relating March/June narrative graph measures to October reading outcomes in 253 first and second graders; the article reports the predictive relationship for three abilities while explicitly excluding reading fluency. The correlation matrix in Fig. 1d prints the rho values, which are small (none above 0.23); being correlational, the study cannot show that connectedness causes later reading performance.

"Moreover, the oral narratives connected-ness was predictive 3– 4 months in advance of reading abilities related to phonological awareness, reading accuracy, and text comprehension, but not reading ﬂuency."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Oral Language — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Reading and Language — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Oral narrative connectedness in June positively correlates with phonological awareness, reading comprehension, and word accuracy measured in October. — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
Girls showed higher oral narrative connectedness than boys, with a different pattern of association with reading performance. — related
Single-point connectedness measures from three stories are stable across the study period. — related

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