Individual Differences in Learning to Read Words

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Compton, Donald L., Steacy, Laura M., Petscher, Yaacov, Rigobon, Valeria, Edwards, Ashley A. and Gutiérrez, Nuria. (2022). Individual Differences in Learning to Read Words. In In Snowling, Margaret J., Hulme, Charles and Nation, Kate (Ed.). The Science of Reading: A Handbook pp. 186-208 John Wiley and Sons Ltd (UK). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119705116.ch9
AuthorsCompton, Donald L., Steacy, Laura M., Petscher, Yaacov, Rigobon, Valeria, Edwards, Ashley A. and Gutiérrez, Nuria
EditorsSnowling, Margaret J., Hulme, Charles and Nation, Kate
Abstract

Reading is one of the most complicated and uniquely human activities. As such, learning to read requires the coordination of a complex set of skills, with demands changing markedly across the span of development. The study of individual differences in reading development, as it applies to children and adolescents, has a long and influential history in helping advance the science of reading. In this chapter, the authors begin by outlining analytical tools now available to examine individual differences, with an emphasis on exploratory item response models, before moving on to review child- and word-level sources of variation that have been shown to predict variations in the development of word-reading skill. They highlight child-by-word predictors that allow for new and more nuanced approaches to examining item-level variance in word-reading outcomes. A range of word-level characteristics show promise in explaining individual differences in reading development.

KeywordsReading comprehension; Reading disability; Reading
Page range186-208
Year01 Jan 2022
Book titleThe Science of Reading: A Handbook
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd (UK)
Place of publicationUnited States
ISBN9781119705093
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119705116.ch9
Web address (URL)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119705116.ch9
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Online13 May 2022
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Accepted05 Feb 2024
Deposited14 Feb 2024
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