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Gender Differences in Early Literacy: Boys' Response to Formal Instruction
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McTigue, Erin M.; Schwippert, Knut; Uppstad, Per Henning; Lundetrae, Kjersti; Solheim, Oddny Judith – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Research consistently documents that girls outperform boys in literacy achievement, yet, when considering the starting point--early literacy--we do not have consensus on the origin, meaningful nature, or persistence of such differences. In this two-part study analyzing 5,816 Norwegian students (48.1% girls, average age of 6.1 years), we first…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Males, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
Pathways to Reading Comprehension: A Longitudinal Study from 4 to 9 Years of Age
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Hjetland, Hanne Naess; Lervåg, Arne; Lyster, Solveig-Alma Halaas; Hagtvet, Bente Eriksen; Hulme, Charles; Melby-Lervåg, Monica – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
The two major determinants of reading comprehension are language comprehension and decoding, but prior studies of the development of reading comprehension from an early age show inconsistent results. To clarify these inconsistencies we report a 6-year longitudinal study (starting at Age 4 years) where we control for measurement error and track the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Predictor Variables, Decoding (Reading), Oral Language