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Groen, Margriet A.; Veenendaal, Nathalie J.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2019
Text reading prosody and reading comprehension are related, but both rely on decoding. The aim of the current study was, therefore, to disentangle the contribution of decoding from that of prosody skills. We examined the performance on text reading prosody and speech prosody in fifth-grade children with age-appropriate decoding but weak…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Chan, Jessica S.; Wade-Woolley, Lesly; Heggie, Lindsay; Kirby, John R. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
We examined the unique contributions of prosodic awareness and morphological awareness to school-aged children's word reading and reading comprehension. A total of 110 elementary-age children from Grades 4 and 5 participated in the current study. To measure prosodic awareness, children were asked to listen to and reflect on the stress patterns of…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Individual Differences, Reading Comprehension
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Fernandes, Sandra; Querido, Luís; Verhaeghe, Arlette; Araújo, Luísa – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
The relevance of reading prosody on reading comprehension has been theoretically proposed and empirically recognised. The present study aimed to investigate longitudinal and concurrent relationships between reading prosody and reading comprehension processes, beyond decoding and word reading efficiency. Two cohorts of Portuguese children, ranging…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Reading Comprehension, Longitudinal Studies
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Rautenberg, Iris – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
This paper outlines the results of a long-term study of 159 German-speaking primary school children. The correlations between musical skills (perception and differentiation of rhythmical and tonal/melodic patterns) and decoding skills, and the effects of musical training on word-level reading abilities were investigated. Cognitive skills and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Socioeconomic Influences, Cognitive Ability, Experimental Groups
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Rasinski, Timothy; Rikli, Andrew; Johnston, Susan – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2009
Reading fluency has traditionally been viewed as a goal of reading that is taught and mastered in the elementary grades. In this article we challenge that notion by exploring the role of reading fluency as a contributor to reading proficiency and difficulty among intermediate and middle grade students. We assessed reading fluency development among…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Achievement