Predictors of Reading Fluency in Second and Third Grade Students: Results from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Learning to read is one of the most important academic accomplishments in the early grades of elementary school. Knowing what factors contribute to reading ability would improve instructional practices. The goal of the present study was to examine the effects of semantic fluency, phonological fluenc...

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Published inStudia psychologica Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 175 - 188
Main Authors Memisevic, Haris, Malec, Daniel, Biscevic, Inga
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bratislava Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences 01.09.2019
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences
Subjects
Academic achievement
Accuracy
Attention
Children & youth
Dyslexia
Elementary education
elementary school children
Elementary school students
Elementary schools
Fluency
Gender
Learning
Linguistics
Literacy
Low income groups
Memory
Naming
Phonology
Reading ability
Reading acquisition
Reading comprehension
reading fluency
Semantics
Students
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Summary:Learning to read is one of the most important academic accomplishments in the early grades of elementary school. Knowing what factors contribute to reading ability would improve instructional practices. The goal of the present study was to examine the effects of semantic fluency, phonological fluency, rapid naming, inhibitory control, selective attention, and visual motor integration on reading fluency in 140 second and third grade students. The results of this study indicated that significant predictors of reading fluency were: selective attention, semantic fluency, inhibitory control, and rapid naming. However, the association between predictor variables and reading fluency was moderated by the students' grade. The article concludes with some suggestions on how to improve reading fluency in elementary school children, given that all predictors are susceptible to instruction.
ISSN:0039-3320
2585-8815
DOI:10.21909/sp.2019.03.781