• DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02254.x
Corpus ID: 13781942

A longitudinal investigation of early reading and language skills in children with poor reading comprehension.

@article{Nation2010ALI,
  title={A longitudinal investigation of early reading and language skills in children with poor reading comprehension.},
  author={K. Nation and Joanne Cocksey and Jo S. H. Taylor and D. Bishop},
  journal={Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines},
  year={2010},
  volume={51 9},
  pages={
          1031-9
        }
}

K. Nation, Joanne Cocksey, +1 author D. Bishop

Published 2010

Psychology, Medicine

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines

BACKGROUND Poor comprehenders have difficulty comprehending connected text, despite having age-appropriate levels of reading accuracy and fluency. We used a longitudinal design to examine earlier reading and language skills in children identified as poor comprehenders in mid-childhood. METHOD Two hundred and forty-two children began the study at age 5. Further assessments of language and reading skill were made at 5.5, 6, 7 and 8 years. At age 8, fifteen children met criteria for being a poor… CONTINUE READING

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