Journal article
Vocabulary does not complicate the simple view of reading
Abstract
Abstract
Gough and Tunmer’s (1986) simple view of reading (SVR) proposed that reading comprehension (RC) is a function of language comprehension (LC) and word recognition/decoding. Braze et al. (2007) presented data suggesting an extension of the SVR in which knowledge of vocabulary (V) affected RC over and above the effects of LC. Tunmer and Chapman (2012) found a similar independent contribution of V to RC when the data were analyzed by …
Authors
Braze D; Katz L; Magnuson JS; Mencl WE; Tabor W; Van Dyke JA; Gong T; Johns CL; Shankweiler DP
Journal
Reading and Writing, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 435–451
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
March 2016
DOI
10.1007/s11145-015-9608-6
ISSN
0922-4777