Leisure reading (but not any kind) and reading comprehension support each other—A longitudinal study across grades 1 and 9

M Torppa, P Niemi, K Vasalampi… - Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines associations between leisure reading and reading skills in data of
2,525 students followed from age 7 to 16. As a step further from traditional cross‐lagged …

The home literacy environment as a mediator between parental attitudes toward shared reading and children's linguistic competencies

F Niklas, A Wirth, S Guffler, N Drescher… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The home learning environment plays an important role for children's early competencies
development. In particular, the early home literacy environment (HLE) that consists of all …

Reading comprehension difficulty is often distinct from difficulty in reading fluency and accompanied with problems in motivation and school well-being

M Torppa, K Vasalampi, K Eklund… - Educational …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examined if difficulty in reading comprehension (PISA) is distinct from difficulty in
reading fluency and if the distinct types of reading difficulties are differently associated with …

The home literacy model in a highly transparent orthography

G Silinskas, M Torppa, MK Lerkkanen… - School Effectiveness …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated the extent to which home literacy activities during the preschool year would
predict the development of children's language and literacy skills in primary school, in a …

Cognitive correlates of the covariance in reading and arithmetic fluency: Importance of serial retrieval fluency

T Koponen, K Eklund, R Heikkilä, J Salminen… - Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the core predictors of the covariance in reading and arithmetic fluency
and the domain‐general cognitive skills that explain the core predictors and covariance …

Direct and indirect effects of executive functions, reading engagement, and higher order strategic processes in the reading comprehension of dual language learners …

AT Barber, KB Cartwright, LM Stapleton… - Contemporary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Given concerns about the reading achievement of Dual Language Learners (DLLs) in
comparison to English Monolinguals (EMs), this study examined individual difference …

Pre-literacy heterogeneity in Dutch-speaking kindergartners: latent profile analysis

C Verwimp, F Vanden Bempt, S Kellens, M Economou… - Annals of dyslexia, 2020 - Springer
Research demonstrated that a dyslexia diagnosis is mainly given after the most effective
time for intervention has passed, referred to as the dyslexia paradox. Although some pre …

Cognition, engagement, and motivation as factors in the reading comprehension of Dual Language Learners and English Speakers: Unified or distinctive models?

A Taboada Barber, S Lutz Klauda, LM Stapleton - Reading and Writing, 2020 - Springer
Previous studies offer mixed evidence regarding whether a unified model of reading
comprehension predictors applies to Dual Language Learners (DLLs) and English …

Longitudinal stability of reading difficulties: Examining the effects of measurement error, cut-offs, and buffer zones in identification

M Psyridou, A Tolvanen, MK Lerkkanen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This study examined the stability of reading difficulties (RD) from grades 2 to 6 and focused
on the effects of measurement error and cut-off selection in the identification of RD and its …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of morphological processing in pre-school children with and without familial risk for dyslexia

N Louleli, JA Hämäläinen, L Nieminen… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Difficulties in phonological processing and speech perception are associated with
developmental dyslexia, but there is considerable diversity across people with …