{"title":"Morphology in reading comprehension among school-aged readers of English: A synthesis and meta-analytic structural equation modeling study.","authors":"Dongbo Zhang, S. Ke, Ya Mo","doi":"10.1037/edu0000797","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ThisarticlesynthesizestherolesofmorphologyinEnglishreadingacquisitionandreportsameta-analyticstruc-tural equation modeling study ( k = 107, N = 21,818) that tested the effects of morphological awareness (MA) onreadingcomprehensioninschool-agedreaders.Moderatoranalysiswasconductedthroughasetofsubgroupcomparisonsbasedonreaders ’ languagestatus (monolingual vs.bilingual), age/grade(lowerelementary, upper elementary, vs. middle/high school), and MA task modality (spoken vs. written). MA had signi fi cant indirect effectsonreadingcomprehensionviabothwordreadingandvocabularyknowledgeinthefullsampleaswellasallsubgroups.Itsdirecteffectonreadingcomprehension,controllingfornonverbalreasoning,wordreading, and vocabulary knowledge, was also signi fi cant in all subgroups except the lower elementary subgroup. Multi-group path analyses showed no signi fi cant subgroup difference in the magnitude of the direct effect of MA on reading comprehension for any moderator. However, two notable fi ndings surfaced on the indirect effects of MA on reading comprehension: bilingual readers showed a smaller indirect effect of MA via word reading than did monolinguals; older readers showed a stronger indirect effect via vocabulary knowledge than did younger readers, whereas a converse pattern was found for the indirect effect via word reading. We concludebypointingouttherobustcontributionofmorphologytoEnglishreadingcomprehensionandsuggest-ingastrongmeaningfocusinmorphologicalinstruction,especiallyforbilingualandolderschool-agedreaders.","PeriodicalId":48459,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Educational Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Educational Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000797","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ThisarticlesynthesizestherolesofmorphologyinEnglishreadingacquisitionandreportsameta-analyticstruc-tural equation modeling study ( k = 107, N = 21,818) that tested the effects of morphological awareness (MA) onreadingcomprehensioninschool-agedreaders.Moderatoranalysiswasconductedthroughasetofsubgroupcomparisonsbasedonreaders ’ languagestatus (monolingual vs.bilingual), age/grade(lowerelementary, upper elementary, vs. middle/high school), and MA task modality (spoken vs. written). MA had signi fi cant indirect effectsonreadingcomprehensionviabothwordreadingandvocabularyknowledgeinthefullsampleaswellasallsubgroups.Itsdirecteffectonreadingcomprehension,controllingfornonverbalreasoning,wordreading, and vocabulary knowledge, was also signi fi cant in all subgroups except the lower elementary subgroup. Multi-group path analyses showed no signi fi cant subgroup difference in the magnitude of the direct effect of MA on reading comprehension for any moderator. However, two notable fi ndings surfaced on the indirect effects of MA on reading comprehension: bilingual readers showed a smaller indirect effect of MA via word reading than did monolinguals; older readers showed a stronger indirect effect via vocabulary knowledge than did younger readers, whereas a converse pattern was found for the indirect effect via word reading. We concludebypointingouttherobustcontributionofmorphologytoEnglishreadingcomprehensionandsuggest-ingastrongmeaningfocusinmorphologicalinstruction,especiallyforbilingualandolderschool-agedreaders.
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The main purpose of the Journal of Educational Psychology® is to publish original, primary psychological research pertaining to education across all ages and educational levels. A secondary purpose of the Journal is the occasional publication of exceptionally important theoretical and review articles that are pertinent to educational psychology. Please note, the Journal does not typically publish reliability and validity studies of specific tests or assessment instruments.