Automated Reading and Writing: Results on Correlations in Written Language Competencies in Grade 4Abstract:Background: Basic literacy skills are crucial for participation in school and society. While reading skills have ...
Abstract: In this experimental study with 62 university students, we examined to what extent the hope or hopelessness they experience during reading a text affect their comprehension as well as the magnitude and accuracy of their ...
The Role of Morphological Awareness for Early Literacy Acquisition: First Results of a Longitudinal StudyAbstract:Background: For German, few longitudinal studies have examined whether morphological awareness (MA) before ...
Adaptive Testing of Text Comprehension in Primary School. Development of a CAT-Optimized Item PoolAbstract. The present study describes the construction and calibration of a text comprehension item pool for a computer adaptive test (...
The Role of Parent-Rated Executive Functions as Predictors of School PerformanceAbstract.Introduction: The term „executive functions“ (EF) often embraces inhibition, cognitive flexibility and working memory ...
Predicting Math and Reading Achievement Using Dynamic TestingAbstract.Introduction: Dynamic testing (DT) tries to gain insights into students' learning potentials by combining measurement and intervention within ...
Prediction of literacy skills through pre-school skills. Are the prediction patterns between monolingual and multilingual children comparable?Abstract. In Germany, many children grow up speaking more than one language – which can be a ...
Transfer of formative assessment in primary school reading lessons – the mediating role of acceptability, feasibility and cooperationAbstract. This longitudinal study investigates the effects of three transfer ...
Abstract. In Germany, 7.5 Million individuals between 18 and 64 years are considered to be functionally illiterate (Grotlüschen & Riekmann, 2012). Functional illiterates have only rudimentary literacy skills ...
Abstract. The article discusses the emergence of a functional literacy construct and the rediscovery of illiteracy in industrialized countries during the second half of the 20th century. It offers a short ...
The role of morphological awareness in reading and spelling performanceAbstract.Objective: Although morphological awareness (MA) is known to be important for literacy acquisition, there are few studies – and no ...
Abstract. Language development in children with migration background and parental reading to childrenIntroduction: The majority of children with a migration background suffer from language deficits in one or ...
Cognitive Abilities and Literacy: The Role of Intelligence in Reading SkillsAbstract. The present study aims to explore the relationship between cognitive abilities and reading skills in children and adolescents. Significant correlations have been found ...
Abstract. Reading is an example of complex learning specific to human beings. In readers, an area of the brain is dedicated to the visual processing of letters and words, referred to as the visual word form area (VWFA). The existence of ...
The methodological assessment and qualitative evaluation of psychometric performance tests based on the example of modern tests that assess reading and spelling skillsAbstract. This article looks at a means of objectively evaluating the quality of ...
Während zahlreiche Untersuchungen der letzten Jahrzehnte die Bedeutung von individuellen Unterschieden im Bereich der Intelligenz und der sozialen Schichtzugehörigkeit wie auch des Geschlechts für die schulische Leistungsentwicklung in unterschiedlichen ...
Dimensional Comparison Effects Between Reading, Spelling and Math. An Extension of the I/E-Model for Elementary SchoolThe internal/external frame of reference model (I/E-model) postulates that students' self-concepts are formed by social as well as ...
Extended Analyses of the Migration-Related gap in Reading Achievement – Differential Item Functioning Between Children with and without an Immigrant Background Based on the Progress of Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)School achievement studies show ...
Predictors of reading skills in children with German as a second languageThis longitudinal study examines the differences between monolingual children and children with German as a second language (GSL) in reading predictors. In structural equation ...
Prediction of Reading Performance in Turkish-German Speaking Children: The Role of Phonological AwarenessMany studies have proved phonological awareness to be a significant predictor of reading competencies. Until now, however, it is unclear whether ...