Components of phonemic processing and the beginning reader |
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Authors: | John R Beech |
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Institution: | 1. Psychology Dept., The University of Leicester, LE1 7RH, Leicester, U.K.
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Abstract: | This study primarily investigated various aspects of phonemic processing and memory in relation to reading in 74 5- and 6-year-old
British children. A principal components analysis revealed a major connection between reading and aspects of phonemic processing
for both age groups. For the 5-year-olds the processing of the initial phoneme was important for reading, whereas for the
6-year-olds processing of initial and final phonemes appeared to be equally related on this factor. A second factor for both
groups was intelligence, which was related to reading only for the 6-year-olds; but this intelligence factor was more associated
with phonemic processing for the 5-year-olds. An analysis involving clustering individual readers with similar patterns across
the experimental variables showed some consistent profiles for disabled readers across the two age groups. These profiles
suggested potential areas for remediation according to subgroup membership. |
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