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Liao, Chen-Huei; Georgiou, George K.; Zhang, Xiao; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
We examined the cross-lagged relations between children's task-avoidant behavior and their performance in reading and spelling in Chinese. Eighty Grade 2 and 103 Grade 4 Mandarin-speaking Taiwanese children were assessed on measures of nonverbal IQ, task value, reading accuracy, fluency, and spelling. A year later, the children were reassessed on…
Descriptors: Children, Child Behavior, Reading, Accuracy
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Georgiou, George K.; Hirvonen, Riikka; Liao, Chen-Huei; Manolitsis, George; Parrila, Rauno; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
We examined the importance of children's achievement strategies in different literacy outcomes in three languages varying in orthographic consistency: Chinese, English, and Greek. Eighty Chinese-speaking Taiwanese children, 51 English-speaking Canadian children and 70 Greek children were assessed on measures of phonological awareness, rapid…
Descriptors: Spelling, Reading Fluency, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills