Literacy Skills and Online Research and Comprehension : Struggling Readers Face Difficulties
Abstract
The present study evaluated the extent to which literacy skills (reading fluency, written spelling, and reading comprehension), together with nonverbal reasoning, prior knowledge, and gender, are related to students’ online research and comprehension (ORC) performance. The ORC skills of 426 sixth graders were measured using a Finnish adaptation of the Online Research and Comprehension Assessment. Results of a structural equation model showed that these ORC skills were divided into six highly correlated factors, and that they formed a common factor in ORC. Altogether, these predictor variables explained 57% of the variance in ORC. Reading comprehension, along with gender, was the strongest predictor for ORC performance. In addition, reading fluency and written spelling explained ORC variance over and above reading comprehension. These findings suggest that struggling readers probably face difficulties online.
Main Authors
Format
Articles
Research article
Published
2019
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Springer
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201910144436Käytä tätä linkitykseen.
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0922-4777
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-019-09944-9
Language
English
Published in
Reading and Writing
Citation
- Kanniainen, L., Kiili, C., Tolvanen, A., Aro, M., & Leppänen, P. H. (2019). Literacy Skills and Online Research and Comprehension : Struggling Readers Face Difficulties. Reading and Writing, 32(9), 2201-2222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-019-09944-9
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Funder(s)
Research Council of Finland
Funding program(s)
Akatemiaohjelma, SA
Academy Programme, AoF
Additional information about funding
This research was part of the project (No. 274022), Internet and learning difficulties: Multidisciplinary approach for understanding information seeking in new media (eSeek), funded by the Academy of Finland.
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