Hierarchical Multiple Regressions Analyses that estimated the Predictive Power of Phonological Awareness at Each Grade on Character Reading after Controlling for Differences in IQ, Orthographic Awareness, Morphological Awareness, RAN, and Phonological Memory.

Note. At step-one, 7variables were entered in the analysis. They were Nonverbal intelligence, Print knowledge, Lexical decision, Morphological structure test, Morpheme judgment test, Rapid automatized naming & Oral pseudo-word repetition. At step-two, two phonological awareness tests were entered into the equation. In this way, it was established whether the orthographic factors have a unique contribution to Chinese reading achievement.
*P<.05,
**P<.01,
***p<.001.