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TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting second grade listening comprehension using prekindergarten measures
AU - Alonzo, Crystal
AU - Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria
AU - Murphy, KImberley
AU - Bevens, Beau
AU - Cain, Katherine Elizabeth
AU - Language and Reading Research Consortium
N1 - Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine prekindergarten predictors of listening comprehension in second grade.Methods: Within a large, 5-year longitudinal study, children progressing from prekindergarten to second grade were administered a comprehensive set of prekindergarten measures of foundational language skills (vocabulary and grammar), higher-level language skills (inferencing, comprehension monitoring, and text structure knowledge), listening comprehension, working memory, and nonverbal processing, as well as second grade measures of listening comprehension.Results: A prekindergarten measure of listening comprehension—the Test of Narrative Language—and a prekindergarten measure of foundational language skills and working memory—the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-4 Recalling Sentences—were significant predictors of second grade listening comprehension.Conclusions: Our findings show that a quick, reliable measure of sentence imitation and/or listening comprehension, administered in prekindergarten, provides insight into a child's second grade listening comprehension. Knowing who is at risk for comprehension failure will allow educators to make informed, evidence-based decisions on the need for further in-depth assessment and language-intensive instruction to stave off future reading disabilities.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine prekindergarten predictors of listening comprehension in second grade.Methods: Within a large, 5-year longitudinal study, children progressing from prekindergarten to second grade were administered a comprehensive set of prekindergarten measures of foundational language skills (vocabulary and grammar), higher-level language skills (inferencing, comprehension monitoring, and text structure knowledge), listening comprehension, working memory, and nonverbal processing, as well as second grade measures of listening comprehension.Results: A prekindergarten measure of listening comprehension—the Test of Narrative Language—and a prekindergarten measure of foundational language skills and working memory—the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-4 Recalling Sentences—were significant predictors of second grade listening comprehension.Conclusions: Our findings show that a quick, reliable measure of sentence imitation and/or listening comprehension, administered in prekindergarten, provides insight into a child's second grade listening comprehension. Knowing who is at risk for comprehension failure will allow educators to make informed, evidence-based decisions on the need for further in-depth assessment and language-intensive instruction to stave off future reading disabilities.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 36
SP - 312
EP - 333
JO - Topics in Language Disorders
JF - Topics in Language Disorders
SN - 0271-8294
IS - 4
ER -