Table 2.
Direct, indirect, and total effect estimates of the model predictors on Grade 1 reading comprehension.
| Direct | Indirect | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vocabulary | 0.15 (0.02) | 0.08 (0.005)a | 0.23 (0.016) |
| Syntactic knowledge | 0.51 (0.04) | 0.07(0.008)a | 0.58 (0.033) |
| Orthographic knowledge | −0.01 (0.04) | −0.01 (0.007) | −0.02 (0.037) |
| Comprehension monitoringb | 0.23 (0.03) | -- | -- |
a
The indirect effects were statistically significant with bootstrapping.
b
Comprehension monitoring only had a direct effect in the model.
The values reported are the standardized coefficients and the corresponding standard errors are in parentheses.