Adults enrolled in basic education exhibit poor academic performance, often reading at elementary and middle-school levels. The current study investigated the similarities and differences of reading skills and eye movement behavior between a sample of low-skilled adult readers and first grade students matched on word reading skill. T-tests for matched pairs found no significant differences on language comprehension, reading comprehension, or eye movement variables. Regression analyses revealed that language comprehension made greater contributions to reading comprehension for adults (verses children) in the simple view of reading model. Processing time (gaze duration) was found to account for unique variance in both passage reading comprehension and sentence comprehension efficiency after controlling for word reading and language skills for adults. For children, processing time was only a significant predictor for sentence comprehension efficiency. / A Dissertation submitted to the School of Teacher Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester 2015. / June 3, 2015. / Adult Basic Education, Component Skills, Eye Movements, Fluency, Reading Comprehension / Includes bibliographical references. / Young-Suk Kim, Professor Directing Dissertation; Carla Wood, University Representative; Barbara Foorman, Committee Member; Jeannie Wanzek, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_253191 |
| Contributors | Barnes, Adrienne Elissa (authoraut), Kim, Young-Suk, 1970- (professor directing dissertation), Wood, Carla (university representative), Foorman, Barbara R. (committee member), Wanzek, Jeanne A. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), School of Teacher Education (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (64 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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