10-second review: The authors were able to show if students had specific knowledge of words and their morphology, but were unable to show that that knowledge helped in the process of reading. 81 fifth-grade students and 82 eighth –grade students.
Title: “Making Meaning: Children’s Sensitivity to Morphological Information During Word Reading.” D. McCutchen, et al. Reading Research Quarterly (October/ November/ December 2009). 300-376.
Here are examples of the test questions to determine if students were sensitive to morphology in words.
The McCutchen Measure of Explicit Morphological Knowledge.
Directions: In this task, you will see a word printed in bold followed by a sentence containing a blank. You should change the word in bold to fit in the blank and complete the sentence in a way that makes sense.
Example. 1. Farm: My uncle is a …………………………….
Example. 2. Caution: While crossing the street, the students were ……………………………
Comment: This study comes under the heading of a clever test that says something about students’ reading, but does not contribute to our knowledge about students’ reading. RayS.
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