TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting the simple view of reading
AU - Kendeou, Panayiota
AU - Savage, Robert
AU - van den Broek, Paul
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - Background. Reading component models such as the Simple View of Reading (SVR; Gough & Tunmer, 1986; Hoover & Gough, 1990) provide a concise framework for describing the processes and skills involved when readers comprehend texts. According to the Independent Review of the Teaching of Early Reading (Rose, 2006) strong evidence for the SVR comes from Factor Analysis of datasets on different measures of reading showing dissociation between decoding skills and comprehension. To the best of our knowledge, only two such published studies exist to date. Of these, only one of is in English and this explores children between the age of 7 and 10 years. Aims. To explore the SVR in English-speaking children aged 4 and 6 using Factor Analysis. Samples. 116 4-year-olds and 116 6-year-olds in the US; 103 6-year-olds in Canada. Methods. All children were administered a battery of decoding and comprehension related measures. Results. Factor Analysis of the diverse measures undertaken independently by two research teams in different countries demonstrated that listening comprehension and decoding measures loaded as distinct factors in both samples of young English-speaking children. Conclusions. The present findings provide important support for the generality and validity of the SVR framework as a model of reading.
AB - Background. Reading component models such as the Simple View of Reading (SVR; Gough & Tunmer, 1986; Hoover & Gough, 1990) provide a concise framework for describing the processes and skills involved when readers comprehend texts. According to the Independent Review of the Teaching of Early Reading (Rose, 2006) strong evidence for the SVR comes from Factor Analysis of datasets on different measures of reading showing dissociation between decoding skills and comprehension. To the best of our knowledge, only two such published studies exist to date. Of these, only one of is in English and this explores children between the age of 7 and 10 years. Aims. To explore the SVR in English-speaking children aged 4 and 6 using Factor Analysis. Samples. 116 4-year-olds and 116 6-year-olds in the US; 103 6-year-olds in Canada. Methods. All children were administered a battery of decoding and comprehension related measures. Results. Factor Analysis of the diverse measures undertaken independently by two research teams in different countries demonstrated that listening comprehension and decoding measures loaded as distinct factors in both samples of young English-speaking children. Conclusions. The present findings provide important support for the generality and validity of the SVR framework as a model of reading.
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U2 - 10.1348/978185408X369020
DO - 10.1348/978185408X369020
M3 - Article
C2 - 19091164
AN - SCOPUS:67650152671
SN - 0007-0998
VL - 79
SP - 353
EP - 370
JO - British Journal of Educational Psychology
JF - British Journal of Educational Psychology
IS - 2
ER -