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: Oral discourse comprehension is a fundamental skill that is predictive of future reading comprehension. The ability to identify important semantic propositions, in a narrative text, and their attachment to a mental model is an essential component of discourse comprehension. This study aimed to pilot a measure of free-recall in a narrative retell across three age groups to explore development. A secondary aim compared measures of free-recall and cued-recall.: One hundred and thirty-two (132) typically developing children aged 4-7 years provided a retell of the Squirrel Story narrative and completed the Narrative Comprehension Assessment (NCA). The Squirrel Story Information Score (SSIS) was used as a novel measure of free-recall calculated from the narrative retells. The NCA, which involves literal and inferential comprehension questions, was used as a measure of cued-recall. Scoring reliability was calculated to ensure test-retest validity.: Correlation analysis found excellent reliability of the SSIS measure. The difference between 4 and 5 year olds, and 5 and 6 year olds, was significant, with a large effect size. The difference between the 5 and 6 year olds was not significant

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Author

Claessen, Mary; Tucker, Megan; Dawes, Emily; LeitÃo, Suze

Publisher

Informa plc; Informa UK (Taylor & Francis); Informa Healthcare; Informa UK Limited (ISSN 1754-9507)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)