Nicole Landi
An examination of the relationship between reading comprehension, higher-level and lower-level reading sub-skills in adults
University of Minnesota
using large adult reading database examined relationships highlevel lowlevel reading skills multiple reading skills general cognitive ability reading comprehension ability principal components analysis found partial dissociability higherlevel skills including reading comprehension vocabulary print exposure lowerlevel skills including decoding spelling adult readers furthermore followup regression analyses showed highlevel subskills eg vocabulary print exposure significantly better predictors reading comprehension ability lowlevel skills eg decoding spelling adult skilled readers findings suggest higherlevel lowerlevel skills dissociable adult skilled readers higherlevel skills strongly related comprehension ability adults