Literacy skills and online research and comprehension: struggling readers face difficulties online

The present study evaluated the extent to which literacy skills (reading fluency, written spelling, and reading comprehension), together with nonverbal reasoning, prior knowledge, and gender, are related to students’ online research and comprehension (ORC) performance. The ORC skills of 426 sixth gr...

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Published in:Reading & writing 2019-11, Vol.32 (9), p.2201-2222
Main Authors: Kanniainen, Laura, Kiili, Carita, Tolvanen, Asko, Aro, Mikko, Leppänen, Paavo H. T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Elementary School Students
Finnish language
Fluency
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Grade 6
Intelligence Tests
Internet
Language and Literature
Linguistics
Literacy
Middle school students
Neurology
Nonverbal Learning
Online Searching
Predictor Variables
Prior Learning
Psycholinguistics
Reading Comprehension
Reading Difficulties
Reading Fluency
Reading Skills
Reasoning
Social Sciences
Spelling
Student Research
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Summary:The present study evaluated the extent to which literacy skills (reading fluency, written spelling, and reading comprehension), together with nonverbal reasoning, prior knowledge, and gender, are related to students’ online research and comprehension (ORC) performance. The ORC skills of 426 sixth graders were measured using a Finnish adaptation of the Online Research and Comprehension Assessment. Results of a structural equation model showed that these ORC skills were divided into six highly correlated factors, and that they formed a common factor in ORC. Altogether, these predictor variables explained 57% of the variance in ORC. Reading comprehension, along with gender, was the strongest predictor for ORC performance. In addition, reading fluency and written spelling explained ORC variance over and above reading comprehension. These findings suggest that struggling readers probably face difficulties online.
ISSN:0922-4777
1573-0905
DOI:10.1007/s11145-019-09944-9