Froma P. Roth
University of Maryland, College Park
38 Papers
389 Citations
Froma P. Roth is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, College Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Phonological awareness & Reading (process). The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 38 publications.
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Papers
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Connection Between Oral Language and Early Reading
TL;DR: This article used regression analyses to identify parsimonious models that explained variance in early reading. But the main finding of the study was that semantic abilities (i.e., oral definitions and word retrieval), not phonological awareness, predicted 2nd-grade reading comprehension.
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Narrative discourse: spontaneously generated stories of learning-disabled and normally achieving students.
Froma P. Roth,Nancy J. Spekman +1 more
TL;DR: Major age-related findings were an increased occurrence of complete episodes and a greater frequency of embedded episodes as a function of increasing age and the development of oral narration abilities.
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Assessing the pragmatic abilities of children: Part 1. Organizational framework and assessment parameters
Froma P. Roth,Nancy J. Spekman +1 more
TL;DR: This paper describes an organizational framework for the assessment of pragmatic abilities in children that addresses the areas of communicative intention, presupposition, and the social organization of discourse.
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Quality of life for children with cochlear implants: perceived benefits and problems and the perception of single words and emotional sounds.
TL;DR: The findings regarding age reinforce the importance of early detection and intervention for children's positive quality of life with cochlear implants later in childhood.
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Unresolved Mysteries How do Metalinguistic and Narrative Skills Connect with early Reading
TL;DR: This paper examined the contribution of other oral language abilities to early reading performance and found that although phonemic awareness retained its prominence as a predictor of early reading skills, metasyntactic ability often accounted for significant variance.
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