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Immediate and Delayed Effects of Invented Writing Intervention in Preschool
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Hofslundsengen, Hilde; Hagtvet, Bente Eriksen; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
This study examined the effects of a 10 week invented writing program with five-year-old preschoolers (mean age 5.7 years) on their immediate post intervention literacy skills and also the facilitative effects of the intervention on the subsequent learning to read during the first 6 months of schooling. The study included 105 children (54 girls)…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Writing Instruction, Intervention, Invented Spelling
Beating the Odds: A Longitudinal Investigation of Low-Income Dual-Language and Monolingual Children's English Language and Literacy Performance
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Han, Myae; Vukelich, Carol; Buell, Martha; Meacham, Sohyun – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The current study reports on the results of a longitudinal investigation of the language and early literacy development of a sample of dual-language learners (DLLs) and monolingual English speakers from low-income families who received an Early Reading First intervention during their Head Start preschool year. A total of 62…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Economically Disadvantaged, Bilingualism, Monolingualism
Mother-Child Referencing of Environmental Print and Its Relationship with Emergent Literacy Skills
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Neumann, Michelle M.; Hood, Michelle; Ford, Ruth – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Environmental print provides children with their earliest print experiences. This observational study investigated the frequency of mother-child environmental print referencing and its relationship with emergent literacy. A total of 35 mothers and their children (ages 3-4 years) were videotaped interacting in an environmental…
Descriptors: Observation, Mothers, Printed Materials, Emergent Literacy
Examining Early Literacy Skill Differences among Children in Head Start via Latent Profile Analysis
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Norwalk, Kate E.; DiPerna, James C.; Lei, Pui-wa; Wu, Qiong – School Psychology Quarterly, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether there are systematic differences in literacy skills among children from less-advantaged households, using latent profile analysis. Early reading skills were measured using the Early Arithmetic, Reading, and Learning Indicators (EARLI; DiPerna, Morgan, & Lei, 2007) literacy tasks.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Young Children, Individual Characteristics, Reading Skills
Mediators of Preschoolers' Early Mathematics Concepts
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Berghout Austin, Ann M.; Blevins-Knabe, Belinda; Ota, Carrie; Rowe, Trevor; Knudsen Lindauer, Shelley L. – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
The purpose of this study was to extend existing research relative to the predictors of early mathematics skills. Using Vygotskian theory as a framework, our primary goal was to determine whether social skills or letter awareness skills served as better mediators between receptive language and early mathematics concepts. The secondary goal was to…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Receptive Language, Mathematics Skills, Language Skills
Environmental Risk Factors and Children's Literacy Skills during the Transition to Elementary School
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Cadima, Joana; McWilliam, R. A.; Leal, Teresa – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
This study examined the effects of the accumulation of family risk factors on children's literacy skills, both in preschool and in first grade. Children's (N = 106) vocabulary, conventions of print, phonological awareness, knowledge of letters, reading decoding, and reading comprehension were assessed. Family risk factors, consisting of household…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonological Awareness, At Risk Persons, Multivariate Analysis