Predictors for grade 6 reading in children at familial risk of dyslexia.

Predictors for grade 6 reading in children at familial risk of dyslexia.
Ann Dyslexia. 2018 Jul 11;:
Authors: van Setten ERH, Hakvoort BE, van der Leij A, Maurits NM, Maassen BAM
Abstract
The present study investigates whether grade 6 reading outcomes, reading fluency, and reading comprehension can be predicted by grade 3 reading fluency, familial risk of dyslexia (FR), and grade 3 reading related skills: rapid automatized naming (RAN), phonological awareness (PA), and vocabulary. In a sample of 150 children, of whom 83 had a parent with dyslexia, correlation and regression analyses were performed. FR, measured on a continuous scale, was by itself related to all outcomes. However, FR did not explain any variance on top of grade 3 reading fluency. Grade 3 reading fluency strongly predicted grade 6 reading fluency and was also related to reading comprehension. RAN improved the prediction of grade 6 reading fluency, though the additional explained variance was small. Vocabulary and PA fully explained the variance that grade 3 reading fluency explained in grade 6 reading comprehension. Vocabulary explained a substantial amount of variance in grade 6 reading comprehension making it an interesting clinical target. As we used continuous measures of reading fluency and FR, our findings are not biased by distinct diagnostic criteria.
PMID: 29998432 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Annals of Dyslexia - July 11, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: van Setten ERH, Hakvoort BE, van der Leij A, Maurits NM, Maassen BAM Tags: Ann Dyslexia Source Type: research