Matthew Effects in Young Readers: Reading Comprehension and Reading Experience Aid Vocabulary Development

Autor/inn/en	Cain, Kate; Oakhill, Jane
Titel	Matthew Effects in Young Readers: Reading Comprehension and Reading Experience Aid Vocabulary Development
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning Disabilities, 44 (2011) 5, S.431-443 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2194
DOI	10.1177/0022219411410042
Schlagwörter	Reading Comprehension; Vocabulary Skills; Vocabulary Development; Longitudinal Studies; Reading Skills; Children; Adolescents; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; United Kingdom; Neale Analysis of Reading Ability; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseverstehen; Aktiver Wortschatz; Wortschatzarbeit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	The authors report data from a longitudinal study of the reading development of children who were assessed in the years of their 8th, 11th, 14th, and 16th birthdays. They examine the evidence for Matthew effects in reading and vocabulary between ages 8 and 11 in groups of children identified with good and poor reading comprehension at 8 years. They also investigate evidence for Matthew effects in reading and vocabulary between 8 and 16 years, in the larger sample. The poor comprehenders showed reduced growth in vocabulary compared to the good comprehenders, but not in word reading or reading comprehension ability. They also obtained lower scores on measures of out-of-school literacy. Analyses of the whole sample revealed that initial levels of reading experience and reading comprehension predicted vocabulary at ages 11, 14, and 16 after controlling for general ability and vocabulary skills when aged 8. The authors discuss these findings in relation to the influence of reading on vocabulary development. (Contains 3 notes, 5 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10