Download PDFOpen PDF in browserMediating Effects of Inferencing on the Relation Between Component Skills and Reading Comprehension of Struggling Adult Readers: Variations by Assessment TypeEasyChair Preprint 391410 pages•Date: July 21, 2020AbstractThis study examined whether inferencing mediated the relations between language-based component skills and reading comprehension (sentence and passage-level comprehension) of struggling adult readers, after controlling for other lower-level skills. Word reading fluency and vocabulary knowledge were predictive of sentence-level comprehension. Inferencing mediated the relation between vocabulary and passage-level comprehension. Component skills varied as a function of comprehension measure administered. These findings suggest a need to administer multiple measures of comprehension to understand the underlying component processes involved in struggling adults’ reading comprehension skills. Keyphrases: Inferencing, reading comprehension, struggling adult readers
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