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  • Linguistics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Education

Background:

  • Morphemes are the smallest meaningful language units, crucial for grammatical and semantic understanding.
  • Morphological knowledge significantly impacts children's word reading and reading comprehension.
  • Varied assessment methods complicate the interpretation of morphology's relationship with reading outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how different features of morphological knowledge assessments relate to reading outcomes.
  • To examine the moderating effects of age and reading ability on these relationships.
  • To inform the design of effective morphological interventions for improving reading skills.

Main Methods:

  • A meta-analysis of 103 studies using meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM).
  • Meta-regression techniques were employed to analyze moderators like age and reading ability.
  • Common assessment features (written vs. oral, spelling vs. no spelling) were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Written morphological assessments were more predictive of word reading than oral ones.
  • Morphological spelling assessments were stronger predictors of both word reading and comprehension.
  • Age moderated the morphology-word reading link, with a stronger association in younger children.
  • Younger children showed stronger links between reading comprehension and various task dimensions, including oral and context-based tasks.

Conclusions:

  • The modality and specific features of morphological assessments significantly influence their predictive power for reading outcomes.
  • Orthography and spelling are critical components for effective morphological interventions.
  • Intervention studies should consider age-specific strengths and utilize written, spelling-focused tasks for optimal results.