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Issues in Identifying Poor Comprehenders
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Keenan JM
; Hua AN
; Meenan CE
; Pennington BF
; Willcutt E
; Olson RK
Annee Psychol
2014[Dec]; 114
(4
): 753-777
PMID25937640
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Studies of poor comprehenders vary in the selection criteria and tests that they
use to define poor comprehension. Could these differences play a role in
determining findings about poor comprehension? This study assessed the extent to
which differences in selection methods affect who gets identified as poor
comprehenders, and examined how their cognitive profiles differ. Over 1,500
children, ages 8 - 19, took multiple tests of reading comprehension, listening
comprehension, single word reading and nonword reading. Poor comprehension was
defined by performing in the low-tail and by discrepancies either with word or
nonword reading. Odds of any two selection methods identifying the same
individuals were generally low, and depended on type of comprehension test more
than modality, as well as selection criteria, and comprehender's age. Poor
comprehenders selected by the different methods were found to vary in IQ, working
memory, but not attention. The findings show that differences across studies in
tests and selection criteria used to define poor comprehension are not
insignificant and can have substantial consequences for what is meant by poor
comprehension and its associated deficits.