A path analytic test of the reading strategies mediation model
- This study examined a theoretical model hypothesizing that reading strategies mediate the effects of intrinsic reading motivation, reading fluency, and vocabulary knowledge on reading comprehension. Using path analytic methods, we tested the direct and indirect effects specified in the hypothesized model in a sample of 1105 fifth-graders. In addition to standardized tests and questionnaires, we administered a performance test to assess students' proficiency in the application of three reading strategies. The overall fit of the model to the data was good. Both cognitive (fluency and vocabulary) and motivational (intrinsic reading motivation) variables had an indirect effect on reading comprehension through their influence on reading strategies. Reading strategies had a unique effect on reading comprehension and partially mediated the effects that cognitive and motivational variables had on fifth-graders' reading achievements.
| Author details: | Vanessa A. VöllingerORCiD, Nadine SpörerORCiDGND, Dirk Lubbe, Joachim C. BrunsteinGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2017.1412930 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0671 |
| ISSN: | 1940-0675 |
| Title of parent work (English): | The Journal of Educational Research |
| Subtitle (English): | relating cognitive competences and motivational influences to individual |
| Publisher: | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
| Place of publishing: | Abingdon |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2018/01/03 |
| Publication year: | 2018 |
| Release date: | 2022/03/16 |
| Tag: | Reading comprehension; path analysis; reading fluency; reading strategies; vocabulary |
| Volume: | 111 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Number of pages: | 13 |
| First page: | 733 |
| Last Page: | 745 |
| Funding institution: | German Research FoundationGerman Research Foundation (DFG) |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Bildungswissenschaften / Department Grundschulpädagogik |
| DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
