Table 2.

Bivariate two-tailed correlations among reading comprehension, decoding, vocabulary and the four memory tasks

	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.
1. Reading comprehension	–
2. Decoding	.32**	–
3. Vocabulary	.37**	.17	–
4. Phonological storage	.16	.20*	.15	–
5. Semantic storage	.22*	.11	.04	.21*	–
6. Phonological working memory	.16	.27**	.22*	.55**	.29**	–
7. Semantic working memory	.36**	.14	.14	.43**	.42**	.30**	–

* p < .05; ** p < .01