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Direct linkIvar Bråten; Ymkje E. Haverkamp; Øistein Anmarkrud – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
The deep cloze test was developed by Jensen and Elbro (Read Writ Interdiscip J 35(5):1221-1237, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-021-10230-w) to assess reading comprehension at the level of global situational understanding. In two independent studies, we examined potential contributors to students' scores on the deep cloze reading…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Scores
Georgiou, George K.; Wei, Wei; Inoue, Tomohiro; Das, J. P.; Deng, Ciping – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine which of the components of executive functions (EF)--inhibition, shifting, and working memory--predict reading and mathematics achievement and if the effects of these components are the same across two cultures (Western and East Asian). One hundred twenty English-speaking Canadian (65 females, 55 males;…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Inhibition
Foster, Tricia D.; Froyen, Laura C.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Bowles, Ryan P.; Decker, Kalli B. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
The home learning environment (HLE) that children experience early on is highly predictive of their later academic competencies; however, the bulk of this work is operationalized from mothers' perspectives. This study investigates the HLE provided by both mothers and fathers to their preschoolers (n = 767), with consideration for how parents'…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Mothers, Fathers, Academic Achievement
Hassunah Arafat, Safieh; Korat, Ofra; Aram, Dorit; Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
The study addressed the question of continuity in literacy achievements from kindergarten to first grade among Arabic-speaking children in Israel. We examined (1) how age and family socio-economic status (SES) predict children's literacy skills in kindergarten and (2) how age, SES, and early literacy skills in kindergarten predict literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten
Rimkute, Laura; Torppa, Minna; Eklund, Kenneth; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Lyytinen, Heikki – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
The present study examined the role that adolescents' dyslexia plays in their educational expectations, as well as their parents' expectations concerning their offspring's future education. To investigate this, 170 adolescents were asked to report their educational expectations on two occasions while they were still attending…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Adolescents, Expectation, Parent Attitudes
Lawrence, Joshua Fahey – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
In this study, I used individual growth modeling methods to examine the English word-learning trajectories of adolescent students (N = 278) whose parents speak English at home (n = 210) and those whose parents speak a language other than English (n = 68). Sixth- (n = 130) and seventh-grade (n = 148) students attending an urban middle school took…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Socioeconomic Status, Independent Reading, Vocabulary
