Performance in a visual search task uniquely predicts reading abilities in third-grade Hong Kong Chinese children

Performance in a visual search task uniquely predicts reading abilities in third-grade Hong Kong Chinese children

• Liu, Duo The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Chen, Xi University of Toronto
• Chung, Kevin K. H. The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Scientific Studies of Reading, 19(4), 307-324, 2015

Routledge

2015

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
    • GBD Teaching Methods of Reading Comprehension & Their Outcomes, Vocabulary Teaching

Reading Primary Education Morphology (Grammar) Orthography & Spelling Phonology (Grammar) Children China

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This study examined the relation between the performance in a visual search task and reading ability in 92 third-grade Hong Kong Chinese children. The visual search task, which is considered a measure of visual-spatial attention, accounted for unique variance in Chinese character reading after controlling for age, nonverbal intelligence, vocabulary knowledge, morphological awareness, phonological awareness, orthographic knowledge, and rapid automatized naming. Visual search skill also explained unique variance in reading comprehension after further controlling for Chinese character reading. The findings of the present study underscore the importance of visual-spatial attention for Chinese reading, at both the character and text levels.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 10888438

• 10.1080/10888438.2015.1030749

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/1d0219a0

2015-10-16