Exploring Performance Skills in the Occupation of Learning to Read

Figures & data

Figure 1. Simple View of Reading.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics.

	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Range	Skew	Var
KTEA-3 Subtests:
Letter/Word Recognition	96.58	11.44	47	130	83	−.46	130.75
Nonsense Word	92.71	1.11	54	110	56	−1.54	97.93
Phonological Processing	99.45	12.64	70	143	73	.377	159.74
TVPS-4 Subtests:
Visual Discrimination	98.10	11.30	70	128	58	−.25	127.64
Visual Memory	96.96	11.61	63	123	60	−.46	134.75
Spatial Relations	95.15	9.32	68	113	45	−1.02	86.76
Form Constancy	94.44	12.39	60	120	60	−.49	153.59
Sequential Memory	94.65	10.89	63	113	50	−.69	118.56
Figure Ground	95.28	11.27	73	123	50	.02	127.59
Visual Closure	102.71	11.34	73	130	57	−.15	128.51

Table 2. Pearson correlations of variables.

	LW	NWD	PP	VD	VM	SR	FC	SM	FG	VC
LW	–	.36**	.44**	.05	.39**	.06	.11	.14	.10	.20
NWD	.36**	–	.24	.06	.05	.09	.09	.15	.10	.10
PP	.44**	.24*	–	.07	.40**	.35**	.28*	.38**	.17	.07
VD	.05	.06	.07	–	.30**	.30**	.29**	.39**	.32**	.34**
VM	.39**	.05	.40**	.30**	–	.11	.28*	.35**	.24*	.37**
SR	.06	.09	.35**	.30**	.11	–	.06	.35**	.25*	.26*
FC	.11	.09	.28*	.29**	.28*	.06	–	.21	.32**	.53**
SM	.14	.15	.38**	.39**	.35**	.35**	.21	–	.35**	.48**
FG	.10	.10	.17	.32**	.24*	.25*	.32**	.35**	–	.21
VC	.20	.10	.07	.34**^‡	.37**	.26*	.53**	.48**	.21	–1

*.Correlation is significant at 0.05 level (2-tailed).

†.Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (2-tailed).

‡.LW= Letter/Word Recognition; NWD= Nonsense Word Decoding; VD= Visual Discrimination; SR= Spatial Relations; FC= Form Constancy; SM= Sequential Memory; FG= Figure Ground; VC= Visual Closure; PP= Phonological Processing