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Burgess, Stephen R.; Lonigan, Christopher J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Examined the relationship between phonological sensitivity and letter knowledge in 4- and 5-year-olds in a one-year longitudinal study. Found that phonological sensitivity predicted letter knowledge growth, and letter knowledge predicted phonological sensitivity growth, when controlling for age and oral language abilities. Also found that the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Knowledge Level, Letters (Alphabet), Longitudinal Studies

Treiman, Rebecca; Broderick, Victor – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Two studies compared children's knowledge about the letters in their name with knowledge of other letters. Findings indicated that Australian first graders and U.S. kindergartners and preschoolers had superior knowledge of letter-name, but not letter-sound, for first letter of their first name. Also, U.S. preschoolers were better at printing the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries