Haskins Publications

Number	1546
Year	2009
Drawer	27
Entry Date	07/15/2009
Authors	Landi, N.
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Publication	Reading and Writing (2009), DOI 10.1007/s11145-009-9180-z
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL1546.pdf
Abstract	Using a large adult reading database, we examined the relationships between high-level and low-level reading skills and between multiple reading skills, general cognitive ability, and reading comprehension ability. A principal components analysis found partial dissociability between higher-level skills including reading comprehension, vocabulary and print exposure, and lower-level skills including decoding and spelling in adult readers. Furthermore, follow-up regression analyses showed that the high-level sub-skills (e.g., vocabulary and print exposure) were significantly better predictors of reading comprehension ability than the low-level skills (e.g., decoding and spelling) in adult skilled readers. These findings suggest that higher-level and lower-level skills are dissociable in adult skilled readers and that higher-level skills are more strongly related to comprehension ability in adults.
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