Are Both the TOWRE-2 and the WIAT-III Basic Reading Composite Needed to Accurately Identify Characteristics of Dyslexia?

dc.contributor.author Cruz, Kelee
dc.contributor.department Psychology en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-13T17:57:49Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-13T17:57:49Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.date.updated 2019-06-13T17:57:50Z
dc.description.abstract This study is a continuation of a previous master’s thesis. Morgan Griffith (2016) found that the TOWRE-2 gives a lower estimate of a student’s ability to read and decode at the word level than the WIAT-III. Currently, at the Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia, the Word Reading and Pseudoword Decoding subtests of the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 3rd Edition (WIAT-III) are used in addition to the Test of Word Reading Efficiency, 2nd Edition (TOWRE-2). The purpose of the present study was to determine if the same diagnostic conclusion would be reached by relying on the TOWRE-2 without the use of the Word Reading Composite of the WIAT-III. My diagnostic conclusion matched the original on 86% of the cases. Results of the chi-square, chi(1) = 25.42, p < 0.05, indicated that I agreed with the original diagnostic decision significantly more than I disagreed.
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/xmlui/handle/mtsu/5809
dc.language.rfc3066 en
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University
dc.title Are Both the TOWRE-2 and the WIAT-III Basic Reading Composite Needed to Accurately Identify Characteristics of Dyslexia?
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Cruz_mtsu_0170N_11037.pdf
Size:
995.29 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
0 B
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Collections