The Relations of Online Reading Processes (Eye Movements) with Working Memory, Emergent Literacy Skills, and Reading Proficiency

We examined the relations between working memory, emergent literacy skills (e.g., phonological awareness, orthographic awareness, rapid-automatized naming), word reading, and listening comprehension to online reading processes (eye movements), and their relations to reading comprehension. A total of...

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Published in:Scientific studies of reading 2021-07, Vol.25 (4), p.351-369
Main Authors: Kim, Young-Suk Grace, Petscher, Yaacov, Vorstius, Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer Assisted Testing
Correlation
Early literacy
Elementary School Students
Emergent Literacy
Eye Movements
Grade 1
Grade 3
Listening Comprehension
Literacy
Longitudinal Studies
Naming
Phonological Awareness
Reading ability
Reading comprehension
Reading Processes
Reading Research
Reading Tests
Short Term Memory
Structural Equation Models
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Summary:We examined the relations between working memory, emergent literacy skills (e.g., phonological awareness, orthographic awareness, rapid-automatized naming), word reading, and listening comprehension to online reading processes (eye movements), and their relations to reading comprehension. A total of 292 students were assessed on working memory and emergent literacy skills in Grade 1, and eye movements, language, and reading skills in Grade 3. Structural equation model results showed that word reading was related to gaze duration and rereading duration, but listening comprehension was not. Working memory and emergent literacy skills were related to eye movements, but their relations to eye movements were largely mediated by word reading. Eye movements were related to reading comprehension, but not after accounting for word reading and listening comprehension. These results expand our understanding of reading development by revealing the nature of relations of emergent literacy skills, reading, and listening comprehension to online processes.
ISSN:1088-8438
1532-799X
DOI:10.1080/10888438.2020.1791129