Elizabeth L. Tighe|Christopher Schatschneider
A dominance analysis approach to determining predictor importance in third, seventh, and tenth grade reading comprehension skills
Florida State University|Florida State University
purpose present study investigate rank order importance contributions various cognitive predictors reading comprehension third seventh tenth graders exploratory factor analysis revealed third grade best fit fourfactor solution including fluency verbal reasoning nonverbal reasoning working memory factors seventh tenth grade threefactor solutions fluency reasoning working memory factors best fit three fourfactor models used separate dominance analyses grade rank order factors predictive importance reading comprehension results indicated fluency verbal reasoning important predictors third grade reading comprehension seventh grade fluency reasoning important predictors tenth grade reasoning important predictor reading comprehension working memory least predictive reading comprehension across grade levels results suggest inferential reasoning skills become important contributor reading comprehension increasing grade levels