Pseudoword decoding, orthographic knowledge, and phonological awareness show moderate relationships with adult reading comprehension (rs .34–.42)¶
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q3 i2 Pseudoword decoding, orthographic knowledge, and phonological awareness yielded moderate relationships with reading comprehension (rs between .34 and .42). → Tighe 2016
Evidence¶
Tighe 2016¶
Tighe, Elizabeth L.; Schatschneider, Christopher. (2016). Examining the Relationships of Component Reading Skills to Reading Comprehension in Struggling Adult Readers: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Learning Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022219414555415
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Random effects models across the same 16-study meta-analysis produced moderate average rs for these three skills (e.g., phonological awareness r = .34), corresponding to 9%–25% of comprehension variance under the article's Cohen standards.
"Pseudoword decoding, orthographic knowledge, and phonological awareness yielded moderate relationships with reading comprehension (rs between .34 and .42)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Decoding — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Phonological Awareness — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Reading and Language — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Reading Fluency — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Real word decoding relates more strongly to adult reading comprehension (r = .52) than pseudoword decoding (r = .42), though not significantly — related
- Efficiency in phonological and orthographic processing contributes significantly to individual differences in adult ESL reading measures — related
- Morphological awareness is a significantly stronger correlate of adult reading comprehension than phonological awareness and RAN — related
- Six component reading skills show strong average relationships with reading comprehension in struggling adult readers (rs ≥ .50) — a broader claim this one bears on
- In-scanner sentence judgment accuracy correlates significantly with standardized reading fluency and phonological awareness scores across both groups — related
- Morphological awareness contributes to pseudoword reading and reading comprehension beyond phonological awareness — related
- Word reading efficiency and sentence comprehension show distinct behavioral subcomponent profiles: word reading correlates with phonological subcomponents, comprehension with morphological awareness and orthography-semantic mapping — related
- Rapid automatized naming is the only component skill weakly related to reading comprehension in struggling adult readers (r = .15) — related
- Most predictor effect sizes showed high heterogeneity; only morphological awareness, working memory, and language comprehension fell in the moderate I² range — related
- Syllable stress awareness and spelling skills correlate with each other and with in-game training performance — related
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Pseudoword decoding, orthographic knowledge, and phonological awareness show moderate relationships with adult reading comprehension (rs .34–.42) |
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Pseudoword decoding, orthographic knowledge, and phonological awareness show moderate relationships with adult reading comprehension (rs .34–.42) |
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moderate |
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2016 |
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2026-10-17 |
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