Early cognitive and home environmental predictors of reading fluency and reading comprehension in Turkish-speaking children

Ergül C., Ökcün Akçamuş M. Ç., Akoglu G., Yalçın S., Kılıç Tülü B., Bahap Kudret Z.

PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS, cilt.60, sa.1, ss.234-254, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 60 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/pits.22774
  • Dergi Adı: PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, PASCAL, Applied Science & Technology Source, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.234-254
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: code-related early literacy skills, home literacy environment, meaning-related early literacy skills, reading, reading comprehension, SES, PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, WORKING-MEMORY, LITERACY ENVIRONMENT, ORAL LANGUAGE, ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL, EMERGENT LITERACY, LETTER KNOWLEDGE, FAMILIAL RISK, NAMING-SPEED, SIMPLE VIEW
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, we aimed to determine the early cognitive and home environmental predictors of reading in Turkish-speaking children. A total of 362 children participated in the study. We monitored the children for 3 years and assessed the home environmental variables and cognitive skills in kindergarten, reading fluency at the end of the first grade, and reading comprehension at the end of the second grade. We found that home literacy environment and socioeconomic status predicted early literacy skills in kindergarten as they also predicted reading fluency and reading comprehension through early literacy in later years. In addition, we found that phonological awareness, letter knowledge, and rapid naming predicted reading fluency, while language and verbal working memory predicted reading comprehension. The results of the study showed us that it is important to consider reading and reading comprehension in Turkish-speaking children holistically, together with cognitive skills and home environmental variables.