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Dittman, Cassandra K. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
Concurrent associations between teacher ratings of inattention, hyperactivity and pre-reading skills were examined in 64 pre-schoolers who had not commenced formal reading instruction and 136 school entrants who were in the first weeks of reading instruction. Both samples of children completed measures of pre-reading skills, namely phonological…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Hyperactivity, Reading Skills, Beginning Reading
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McLachlan, Claire; Arrow, Alison – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
This study examined if professional development with teachers would increase children's literacy skills in low socioeconomic early childhood settings in New Zealand and would lead to changes in teachers' beliefs and practices and children's abilities over an 8 week intervention period. Research indicates that children who have alphabetic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Influence
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Dodd, Barbara; Carr, Alex – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2003
This study with 83 normally developing children (ages 4-6) compared three essential skills in early literacy, letter-sound recognition, letter-sound recall, and letter reproduction. Children performed better in letter-sound recognition than in letter-sound recall and letter reproduction. There were no performance differences due to sex or age.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading, Communication Disorders