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Direct linkSilven, Maarit; Poskiparta, Elisa; Niemi, Pekka; Voeten, Marinus – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
The course of language acquisition from infancy to public primary school was followed in a sample of 56 Finnish children to examine precursors to reading at first grade. Structural equation modeling of continuity suggested effects from growth in early vocabulary to mastery of inflectional forms at preschool age. The early language directly…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Structural Equation Models, Language Acquisition, Reading Skills
Marsh, Herbert W.; Dowson, Martin; Pietsch, James; Walker, Richard – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
Multicollinearity is a well-known general problem, but it also seriously threatens valid interpretations in structural equation models. Illustrating this problem, J. Pietsch, R. Walker, and E. Chapman (2003) found paths leading to achievement were apparently much larger for self-efficacy (.55) than self-concept (-.05), suggesting--erroneously, as…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Self Concept
