Less-skilled adult readers have been found to be limited in their awareness and use of effective reading strategies. In this study, we aimed to (a) identify the strategies used by less-skilled adult readers that best predict word reading performance on standardized reading tests and (b) identify the word reading strategies that less-skilled adult readers reported using, as well as the extent to which these reports correlated with direct observations of reading behaviors. Results indicated that readers relied on six main strategies to read unknown words, but only two significantly contributed to prediction of actual word reading performance. These were also the two strategies that were most poorly understood by the readers. The findings emphasize the need for programs to incorporate methods to increase metacognitive awareness and strategy use in adults with reading difficulties.

人们发现，技术水平较低的成人读者在了解和使用有效阅读策略方面受到限制。在这项研究中，我们旨在（a）确定技能水平较低的成人读者使用的策略，这些策略可以最有效地预测标准化阅读测试中的单词阅读性能；（b）确定技能水平较低的成人读者报告使用的单词阅读策略，以及这些报告与阅读行为的直接观察相关的程度。结果表明，读者依靠六种主要策略来阅读未知单词，但是只有两种对预测实际单词阅读性能有显着贡献。这也是读者最不了解的两种策略。