Evaluating the structural and predictive validity of a derivational morphology task with struggling adult readers.

The purpose of this study was to (a) examine the underlying assessment structure of the Derivational Morphology Task (DMORPH) and (b) investigate the relation of the DMORPH to vocabulary and reading comprehension outcomes with a sample of struggling adult readers. Specifically, participants included 218 struggling adult readers enrolled in adult literacy classes. We used item-level analyses to evaluate the underlying structure of the DMORPH.

It's about time! Exploring time allocation patterns of adults with lower literacy skills on a digital assessment.

Introduction: Despite the necessity for adults with lower literacy skills to undergo and succeed in high-stakes computer-administered assessments (e.g., GED, HiSET), there remains a gap in understanding their engagement with digital literacy assessments.

Morphological Assessment Features and their Relations to Reading: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling Study.

Morphemes are the smallest meaningful unit of language (e.g., affixes, base words) that express grammatical and semantic information.

Outreach for Young Adult African Americans with Risk Factors for Stroke.

Background: Research suggests that younger adult African American people (age 18-35 years) have more than double the risk of having a stroke than White people. Stroke risk education is lacking for this cohort; there is a dearth of materials that are targeted and focused for young adult African Americans. There is also little research on developing and testing age and culturally appropriate health literate materials that may help this population better understand personal risk factors for stroke.

Distinct latent symptom profiles in late-onset depressive symptoms in community-dwelling older adults.

Objectives: To examine the symptom profiles of late-onset depressive symptoms in a sample of older adults.

Method: The sample included 1,192 participants from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center Data Set. Participants were ≥65 years old, community-dwelling, and without cognitive impairment or a prior history of depression.