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Peer reviewedNaslund, Jan Carol – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1990
Uses preschool tests of general verbal ability, verbal memory span, phonological awareness, lexical access speed and accuracy, and letter knowledge in preschool as independent measures predicting performance on second-grade reading comprehension, word discrimination, and word decoding speed. Finds differential main effects and interactions but a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Harrington, Michael; Sawyer, Mark – 1990
A study was conducted at the International University of Japan to see if second language (L2) working capacity correlates with L2 reading ability in advanced English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners. The study consisted of a set of memory tests (Simple Digit, Simple Word, and Complex Span Test) and a set of measures of reading skills given to…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation, English (Second Language)
