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JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES
Volume 49, Issue 2, Pages 140-151Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0022219414538513
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adults; cognitive aspects; reading; individual difference predictors of reading
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development [R15HD067755]
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The Adult Basic Education (ABE) population consists of a wide range of abilities with needs that may be unique to this set of learners. The purpose of this study was to better understand the relative contributions of phonological decoding and morphological awareness to spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension across a sample of ABE students. In this study, phonological decoding was a unique predictor of spelling ability, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension. We also found that morphological awareness was a unique predictor of spelling ability, vocabulary, and listening comprehension. Morphological awareness indirectly contributed to reading comprehension through vocabulary. These findings suggest the need for morphological interventions for this group of learners.
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