David Braze|Whitney Tabor|Donald Shankweiler|W. Einar Mencl
Speaking Up for Vocabulary
Haskins Laboratories|Haskins Laboratories|University of Connecticut|Haskins Laboratories|University of Connecticut|Haskins Laboratories
study part broader project aimed developing cognitive neurocognitive profiles adolescent young adult readers whose educational occupational prospects constrained limited literacy skills explore relationships among readingrelated abilities participants ages 16 24 years spanning wide range reading ability two specific questions addressed simple view reading capture nonrandom variation reading comprehension b orally assessed vocabulary knowledge account variance reading comprehension predicted lexical quality hypothesis comprehensive battery cognitive educational tests employed assess phonological awareness decoding verbal working memory listening comprehension reading comprehension word knowledge experience print heterogeneous sample decoding ability clearly played important role reading comprehension simple view reading gave reasonable fit data although capture reliable variance reading comprehension predicted orally assessed vocabulary knowledge captured unique variance reading comprehension even listening comprehension decoding skill accounted explore specific connectionist model lexical representation lexical access account findings