Phonological, Orthographical, and Morphological Awareness in Third Graders With Reading Disabilities

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  In Poster Session: Special Education Research SIG Poster Session

Abstract

The factorial structure underlying different types of linguistic processing tasks within the domain of linguistic awareness was examined in the proposed study. Students with reading disabilities were tested with a battery of phonological awareness tasks as well as orthographical and morphological awareness tasks developed by researchers. Three basic components were extracted in a principal component analysis: phonological factor, orthographical factor, and morphological factor. The results indicated there was considerable dissociation between performance on phonological awareness, orthographic, and morphological awareness tasks.

Authors

• Yujeong Park, University of Tennessee

• Amber Elizabeth Benedict, University of Florida