Vocabulary Acquisition and Reading Ability.
| Number | 786 |
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| Year | 1991 |
| Drawer | 14 |
| Entry Date | 11/05/1999 |
| Authors | Aguiar, L., & Brady, S. A. |
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| Publication | Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 3, 413-425. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0786.pdf |
| Abstract | Studied lexical acquisition ability for aurally taught words in 56 children (aged 9 yrs 5 mo to 10 yrs 6 mo). Reading ability, intelligence, and working memory were evaluated as predictor factors in vocabulary learning. Reading ability predicted facility at learning the novel phonological sequences; intelligence was the only factor that accounted for performance level for the semantic content of the words. The working memory measure failed to make a significant contribution to either the phonological or semantic outcome measures. Less-skilled readers had more difficulty acquiring the phonological information for new words than skilled readers. |
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