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Direct linkDrouin, Michelle; Horner, Sherri L.; Sondergeld, Toni A. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
In this study, we used Rasch model analyses to examine (1) the unidimensionality of the alphabet knowledge construct and (2) the relative difficulty of different alphabet knowledge tasks (uppercase letter recognition, names, and sounds, and lowercase letter names) within a sample of preschoolers (n=335). Rasch analysis showed that the four…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children
Rojas-Barahona, Cristian A.; Förster, Carla E.; Moreno-Ríos, Sergio; McClelland, Megan M. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The present study evaluated the impact of a working memory (WM) stimulation program on the development of WM and early literacy skills (ELS) in preschoolers from socioeconomically deprived rural and urban schools in Chile. The sample consisted of 268 children, 144 in the intervention group and 124 in the comparison group. The…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Rural Areas
Ross, Shannon; Treiman, Rebecca; Bick, Suzanne – Cognitive Development, 2004
To examine how young children learn to read new words, we asked preschoolers (N = 115, mean age 4 years, 8 months) to learn and remember novel spellings that made sense based on letter names (e.g. TZ for "tease") and spellings that were visually distinctive but phonetically inappropriate. Children who were more knowledgeable about letter names…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Spelling, Phonetics, Difficulty Level
