NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Developing Volitional Readers Requires Breadth and Balance: Skills Alone Won't Do It
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
John Milne – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2024
The learning and teaching of reading continues to be a source of contention in New Zealand education. In recent years, proponents of structured literacy approaches have argued for more attention to be paid to what they term the "science of reading". They have emphasised skill development and argued against the inclusion of other…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Reading Skills, Skill Development
Patterns of Early Literacy and Word Reading Skill Development across the First 6 Months of School and Reading Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tracy A. Cameron; Jane L. D. Carroll; Mele Taumoepeau; Elizabeth Schaughency – School Psychology, 2024
This study described the growth trajectories of 105 children (n = 55 boys) who had just started primary school in New Zealand (NZ). Children were assessed every fourth school week around 1.5 months after starting school, for five sessions on Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills first sound fluency (FSF), AIMSweb letter sound fluency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Elementary School Students, Learning Trajectories
Describing Patterns of Early Literacy Skill Development in the First Year of School and Reading Instruction in a New Zealand Sample
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cameron, Tracy A.; Taumoepeau, Mele; Clarke, Kristina; McDowall, Philippa; Schaughency, Elizabeth – School Psychology, 2020
This study describes trajectories of early literacy skill development of 99 children (n = 55 boys) in their first year of primary school in New Zealand (NZ). Children were assessed twice weekly for 8 weeks on Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good & Kaminski, 2011) First Sound Fluency (FSF) and AIMSweb Letter Sound…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Skill Development, Reading Instruction
Literacy in the Information Age: Final Report of the International Adult Literacy Survey.
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 2000
Data drawn from 3 cycles of data collection for the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) were analyzed to identify the levels and distributions of literacy skills in the adult populations of 20 countries. The following were among the main conclusions: (1) in 14 of the countries, at least 15% of all adults have literacy skills at only the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis