Table 3.
Cognitive predictors of spelling errors in children with dyslexia (N = 52)
| Phonological errors | Morphological errors | Orthographical errors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔR2 | β | ΔR2 | β | ΔR2 | β | ||
| Step 1 | .151 | .187* | .163* | ||||
| Phonological awareness | −2.712 | −3.089 | −2.971 | ||||
| Rapid automatized naming | 2.741 | 4.065* | 3.039 | ||||
| Verbal working memory | −7.074 | −8.265 | −7.538 | ||||
| Step 2 | .123** | .260*** | .137** | ||||
| Phonological awareness | −1.067 | −0.359 | −1.152 | ||||
| Rapid automatized naming | 1.193 | 1.495 | 1.328 | ||||
| Verbal working memory | −6.300 | −6.980 | −6.683 | ||||
| Semantics | −2.811** | −4.666*** | −3.107** | ||||
| Total R2adj | .211** | .399*** | .240** | ||||
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001