The purpose of this special issue of the Journal of Learning Disabilities is to bring to the
attention of researchers and educators studies on morphology and literacy that either …

We investigated 2 hypotheses of a recently proposed integrative theoretical model of
reading, the direct and indirect effects model of reading (DIER; Kim, 2017b, 2019):(a) …

1Queen's University/2WordWorks Literacy Centre, Wolfe Island, Ontario ere are a number of
reasons why knowledge of morphology should be related to literacy outcomes:(a) English is …

The authors propose an integrative theoretical model of reading called the direct and
indirect effects model of reading (DIER) that builds on and extends several prominent …

This paper systematically reviews studies on early childhood vocabulary instruction,
specifically examining word selection methods and the characteristics of words selected for …

The ultimate goal of children's reading development is the full and fluid understanding of
texts. Morphological structure awareness, or children's awareness of the minimal units of …

General academic words are those which are typically learned through exposure to school
texts and occur across disciplines. We examined academic vocabulary assessment data …

This study examined the dimensionality of morphological knowledge. The performance of
371 seventh‐and eighth‐graders on seven morphological knowledge tasks was …

Morphological awareness, or the knowledge and awareness of morphemes and
morphological structures in a language, has been shown to be important to reading. The …

Purpose The current study takes a practical and theoretically grounded look at assessment
of morphological knowledge and its potential to deepen understanding of how …