Danielle Brimo|Kenn Apel|Treeva Fountain
Examining the contributions of syntactic awareness and syntactic knowledge to reading comprehension
Texas Christian University|University of South Carolina|Florida State University
purpose purpose study examine effects syntactic knowledge syntactic awareness adolescents reading comprehension method one hundred seventynine 9th 10th grade students syntactic awareness syntactic knowledge reading comprehension skills assessed addition known contributors reading comprehension assessed including word level reading shortterm memory vocabulary knowledge skills results path analysis used analyse direct indirect effects syntactic awareness syntactic knowledge reading comprehension students syntactic knowledge directly accounted significant variance reading comprehension syntactic awareness indirectly accounted significant variance reading comprehension syntactic knowledge conclusions study confirmed significant effects syntactic knowledge syntactic awareness reading comprehension among adolescent students one studies examine knowledge awareness syntax simultaneously determine syntactic knowledge mediates contribution syntactic awareness adolescent students reading comprehension