Is there an association between phonemic awareness and the reading ability of adolescents at secondary elementary school?

Martins-Reis, Vanessa de Oliveira; Melo, Juliana Dafne Pereira de; Mesquita, Kimberlinn Braga; Jesus, Luciana Cássia de; Alves, Luciana Mendonça

Vanessa de Oliveira Martins-Reis

Curso de Fonoaudiologia, Faculdade de Ceilândia – FCE, Universidade de Brasília – UnB, Campus Ceilândia – Brasília (DF), Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4254-2372

Juliana Dafne Pereira de Melo

Curso de Fonoaudiologia, Faculdade de Ceilândia – FCE, Universidade de Brasília – UnB, Campus Ceilândia – Brasília (DF), Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1858-4158

Kimberlinn Braga Mesquita

Curso de Fonoaudiologia, Faculdade de Ceilândia – FCE, Universidade de Brasília – UnB, Campus Ceilândia – Brasília (DF), Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6865-2222

Luciana Cássia de Jesus

Programa de Pós-graduação (Doutorado) em Ciências Fonoaudiológicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG – Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0502-1578

Luciana Mendonça Alves

Programa de Pós-graduação (Doutorado) em Ciências Fonoaudiológicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG – Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil.

Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG – Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6403-4117

Conflict of interests: No.

Authors’ contribution: VOMR conceived and outlined the project, participated in the analysis and interpretation of the results, reviewed writing of the manuscript and final approval of the version to be published. JDPM wrote the project, performed data collection, analysis of the results and wrote the manuscript. KBM wrote the project, performed the data collection, analyzed the results and wrote the manuscript. LCJ participated in writing the manuscript. LMA reviewed the manuscript and writing and final approval of the version to be published.

Corresponding author: Vanessa de Oliveira Martins-Reis E-mail: vomartins@unb.br

		Segmentation	Subtraction	Subtraction	Inversion	Total Awareness Phonemic
		Segmentation	CVC	CCV	Inversion	Total Awareness Phonemic

Average		3.47	9.59	6.86	8.94	28.86

Median		3.00	10.00	8.00	10.00	30.00

Standard		2.716	1.279	3.429	1.525	6.428
Deviation

Minimum		0	2	0	4	6

Maximum		8	10	10	10	38

Percentiles	25	0.00	10.00	5.00	8.00	26.00

	50	3.00	10.00	8.00	10.00	30.00

	75	5.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	33.00

	Performance	f	%
Read Words	Low	18	21.7
	Adequate	65	78.3
	Total	83	100.0
Pseudowords Read	Low	28	33.7
	Adequate	55	66.3
	Total	83	100.0

			% Hits Words	% Hits Pseudowords			Rate Words	Rate Pseudowords			Word Accuracy	Pseudoword Accuracy
Average			96.80	87.60			79.00	48.20			77.00	43.00
Median			98.90	89.80			78.80	45.50			76.10	39.80
Standard Deviation			4.50	8.80			22.70	14.20			23.70	15.50
Minimum			71.60	61.40			23.00	19.10			16.40	12.00
Maximum			100.00	100.00			138.90	89.50			138.90	88.50
Percentiles	25	96.60			81.80	62.90			38.50	60.70			32.20
	50	98.90			89.80	78.80			45.50	76.10			39.80
	75	100.00			94.30	96.00			56.20	93.20			51.50

Words Read		Segmentation	Subtr. CVC	Subtr. CCV	Inversion	PA Total
	Average	1.83	8.83	5.50	8.61	24.78
	Median	1.50	10.00	7.00	9.00	26.00
Low	SD	1.79	2.46	3.62	1.75	7.01
	Average	3.92	9.80	7.23	9.03	29.98
	Median	4.00	10.00	8.00	10.00	31.00
Suitable	SD	2.76	0.54	3.31	1.46	5.82
Pseudowords read		Segmentation	Subtr. CVC	Subtr. CCV	Inversion	PA Total
	Average	3.00	9.25	6.21	8.96	27.43
	Median	3.00	10.00	8.00	10.00	29.50
Low	SD	2.60	2.01	3,.77	1.62	7.16
	Average	3.71	9.76	7.18	8.93	29.58
	Median	4.00	10.00	8.00	10.00	30.00
Suitable	SD	2.77	0.61	3.23	1.49	5.96

		Segmentation	Subtraction CVC	Subtraction CCV	Inversion
% Hits Words	ρ	0.380	0.306	0.356	0.230	0.423
	p-value	<0.001	0.005	0.001	0.036	<0.001
% Hits Pseudowords	ρ	0.394	0.433	0.487	0.355	0.530
	p-value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	<0.001
Word rate	ρ	0.451	0.255	0.420	0.310	0.511
	p-value	<0.001	0.020	<0.001	0.004	<0.001
Rate Pseudowords	ρ	0.279	0.183	0.282	0.171	0.334
	p-value	0.011	0.097	0.010	0.123	0.002
AccuracyWords	ρ	0.442	0.256	0.412	0.313	0.503
	p-value	<0.001	0.019	<0.001	0.004	<0.001
Accuracy Pseudowords	ρ	0.334	0.289	0.365	0.234	0.419
	p-value	0.002	0.008	0.001	0.033	<0.001

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Is there an association between phonemic awareness and the reading ability of adolescents at secondary elementary school?

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