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- Title
Decomposing the Relation Between Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) and Reading Ability.
- Authors
Arnell, Karen M.; Joanisse, Marc F.; Klein, Raymond M.; Busseri, Michael A.; Tannock, Rosemary
- Abstract
The Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) test involves rapidly naming sequences of items presented in a visual array. RAN has generated considerable interest because RAN performance predicts reading achievement. This study sought to determine what elements of RAN are responsible for the shared variance between RAN and reading performance using a series of cognitive tasks and a latent variable modelling approach. Participants performed RAN measures, a test of reading speed and comprehension, and six tasks, which tapped various hypothesised components of the RAN. RAN shared 10% of the variance with reading comprehension and 17% with reading rate. Together, the decomposition tasks explained 52% and 39% of the variance shared between RAN and reading comprehension and between RAN and reading rate, respectively. Significant predictors suggested that working memory encoding underlies part of the relationship between RAN and reading ability.
- Subjects
READING comprehension; SHORT-term memory; LECTURES &; lecturing; MULTIVARIATE analysis; INTEREST (Psychology)
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale, 2009, Vol 63, Issue 3, p173
- ISSN
1196-1961
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1037/a0015721