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Associations between Children's Media Use and Language and Literacy Skills
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Dore, Rebecca A.; Logan, Jessica; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Purtell, Kelly M.; Justice, Laura – Grantee Submission, 2020
Media use is a pervasive aspect of children's home experiences but is often not considered in studies of the home learning environment. Media use could be detrimental to children's language and literacy skills because it may displace other literacy-enhancing activities like shared reading and decrease the quantity and quality of caregiver-child…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Acquisition, Literacy Education, Literacy
The Effect of the Dynamic Skills Protocol RTI Model on Reading Achievement in an Elementary School and the Predictive Validity of Phonics Screening Measures Implemented in the Model
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Laben, Joyce – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With the implementation of RTI, educators are attempting to find models that are the best fit for their schools. The problem solving and standard protocol models are the two most common. This study of 65 students examines a new model, the dynamic skills protocol implemented in an elementary school starting in their fourth quarter of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Predictive Validity
Achievement and Adjustment Correlates of the Matching Familiar Figures Test.
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Egeland, Byron; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1980
In a study of elementary students, the relationship between the Matching Familiar Figures (MFF) and social and emotional adjustment were higher than correlations between MFF and achievement. Suggests MFF performance is related more to adjustment than achievement. Latency in MFF scores did not predict achievement or adjustment. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo
Predictors of Achievement for Educable Mentally Retarded Children. Final Report.
Bonfield, John R. – 1968
A study of institutionalized educable mentally handicapped children (EMR's aged 6-7 to 12-6) was designed to evaluate the use of subtest combinations and learning tasks as predictors of achievement compared to single individual and group tests. Fifty-one subjects received a pretest battery of six individual tests, one group test, three learning…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Arithmetic
The Identification of Population Moderators and Their Effect on the Prediction of Doctorate Attainment. GRE Board Professional Report GREB No. 69-6bP.
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Rock, Donald A. – 1975
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Aptitude and Advanced Tests were evaluated as predictors of a dichotomous criterion of whether or not the candidate attained the doctorate within a specified length of time. More specifically, the project attempted to define subgroups for which the GRE tests have varying degrees of validity, and to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests
The Prediction of Doctorate Attainment in Psychology, Mathematics and Chemistry: Preliminary Report.
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Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1972
Data from the National Science Foundation Fellowship applicant records and the NRC Office of Scientific Personnel Doctorate Records File were utilized to evaluate the potential of GRE Aptitude and Advanced Tests as predictors of whether or not the candidate attained the doctorate within a period of from seven to ten years. In addition, the study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests