Using Parallel, Narrative-Based Measures to Examine the Relationship between Listening and Reading Comprehension: A Pilot Study

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Title: Using Parallel, Narrative-Based Measures to Examine the Relationship between Listening and Reading Comprehension: A Pilot Study
Language: English
Authors: Petersen, Douglas B. (ORCID 0000-0003-2675-4217), Spencer, Trina D., Konishi, Alisa, Sellars, Tiffany P., Foster, Matthew E., Robertson, Dana
Source: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Oct 2020 51(4):1097-1111.
Availability: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 2200 Research Blvd #250, Rockville, MD 20850. Tel: 301-296-5700; Fax: 301-296-8580; e-mail: lshss@asha.org; Web site: http://lshss.pubs.asha.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Grade 2
Primary Education
Grade 3
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Grade 2, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Story Telling, Vocabulary, Correlation, Oral Language, Immersion Programs, English, Spanish, Navajo, Decoding (Reading)
DOI: 10.1044/2020_LSHSS-19-00036
ISSN: 0161-1461
Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether parallel measures of narrative-based listening comprehension and reading comprehension reflected the same construct and yielded comparable scores from a diverse sample of second- and third-grade students. One hundred ten students participated in this study. Method: Three listening and three reading comprehension narrative retells and subsequent responses to story questions and vocabulary questions were collected using the Narrative Language Measures Listening and Reading subtests of the CUBED assessment. Results: Results indicated a strong correlation between the listening comprehension and reading comprehension measures. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the listening and reading comprehension measures loaded onto one factor. Mean scores were not significantly different between the listening and reading comprehension measures, and the equipercentile analyses indicated that the two measures yielded scores that aligned with similar percentile rankings for a diverse sample of students, suggesting symmetry and equity. Conclusion: Oral narrative language retells and responses to story and vocabulary questions could potentially serve as proxy measures for reading comprehension for young students.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2020
Accession Number: EJ1270240
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether parallel measures of narrative-based listening comprehension and reading comprehension reflected the same construct and yielded comparable scores from a diverse sample of second- and third-grade students. One hundred ten students participated in this study. Method: Three listening and three reading comprehension narrative retells and subsequent responses to story questions and vocabulary questions were collected using the Narrative Language Measures Listening and Reading subtests of the CUBED assessment. Results: Results indicated a strong correlation between the listening comprehension and reading comprehension measures. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the listening and reading comprehension measures loaded onto one factor. Mean scores were not significantly different between the listening and reading comprehension measures, and the equipercentile analyses indicated that the two measures yielded scores that aligned with similar percentile rankings for a diverse sample of students, suggesting symmetry and equity. Conclusion: Oral narrative language retells and responses to story and vocabulary questions could potentially serve as proxy measures for reading comprehension for young students.
ISSN:0161-1461
DOI:10.1044/2020_LSHSS-19-00036