PREDICTORS OF READING FLUENCY IN SECOND AND THIRD GRADE STUDENTS: RESULTS FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

• Authors: Memisevic Haris , Biscevic Inga , Pasalic Arnela , Malec Daniel
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Learning to read is one of the most important academic accomplishments in the early grades of elementary school. Knowing what factors contribute to reading ability would improve instructional practices. The goal of the present study was to examine the effects of semantic fluency, phonological fluency, rapid naming, inhibitory control, selective attention, and visual motor integration on reading fluency in 140 second and third grade students. The results of this study indicated that significant predictors of reading fluency were: selective attention, semantic fluency, inhibitory control, and rapid naming. However, the association between predictor variables and reading fluency was moderated by the students’ grade. The article concludes with some suggestions on how to improve reading fluency in elementary school children, given that all predictors are susceptible to instruction.

Keywords

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READING FLUENCY; ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; CHILDREN; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 175 – 188

Contributors

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Memisevic Haris

• University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Educational Sciences, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Biscevic Inga

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Pasalic Arnela

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Malec Daniel

Identifiers

DOI

10.21909/sp.2019.03.781