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Eveliina Niskala; Kati Sormunen; Tuire Palonen; Tiina Korhonen; Kai Hakkarainen – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
The study examined Finnish elementary school pupils' academic peer assistance and its relation to their demographic backgrounds of gender and language, social networking with schoolmates, and orientation toward sociodigital participation. The participants (188 fifth graders) responded to a social networking questionnaire on schoolmate and academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Peer Relationship
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Skar, Gustaf B.; Lei, Pui-Wa; Graham, Steve; Aasen, Arne Johannes; Johansen, Marita Byberg; Kvistad, Anne Holten – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
Until children can produce letters quickly and accurately, it is assumed that handwriting disrupts and limits the quality of their text. This investigation is the largest study to date (2596 girls, 2354 boys) assessing the association between handwriting fluency and writing quality. We tested whether handwriting fluency made a statistically unique…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Elementary School Students
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Guofang Li; Zhen Lin; Fubiao Zhen; Lee Gunderson; Ryan Xuejun Ji – Bilingual Research Journal, 2023
This mixed-methods study was designed to examine how different home literacy environments shape gender differences in Chinese-Canadian first graders' (N = 76) bilingual lexical attainment and literacy engagement. Quantitative analyses indicated that girls outperform boys in both Chinese (L1) and English (L2) vocabulary. Gender differences were not…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Literacy, Gender Differences, Asians
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Ann-Katrine Risberg; Anna Widlund; Heidi Hellstrand; Pia Vataja; Paula Salmi – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
In this longitudinal study, we examined what kind of profiles of reading fluency and spelling skills could be identified among pupils (N = 467) and how stable these profiles were during the first three years of school. We also investigated how monolingual (Swedish) and simultaneously bilingual (Finnish-Swedish) pupils and gender were distributed…
Descriptors: Spelling, Reading Fluency, Profiles, Swedish
Monica S. Lu; Jessica V. Whittaker; Erik A. Ruzek; Robert C. Pianta; Virginia E. Vitiello – Grantee Submission, 2023
Research Findings: The present study examines the unique and joint effects of individual teacher-child relationships and overall quality of teacher-childinteractions on the motivation of 2,745 kindergarten children (51% girls; ages 5--6) from an ethnically and linguistically diverse county. Teachers reported the closeness and conflict in their…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Motivation, Gender Differences
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Monica S. Lu; Jessica E. Whittaker; Erik Ruzek; Robert C. Pianta; Virginia E. Vitiello – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The present study examines the unique and joint effects of individual teacher-child relationships and overall quality of teacher-child interactions on the motivation of 2,745 kindergarten children (51% girls; ages 5--6) from an ethnically and linguistically diverse county. Teachers reported the closeness and conflict in their…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Motivation, Gender Differences
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Vanbuel, Marieke; Van den Branden, Kris – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2021
School-based language policies (SLP) are expected to have a positive effect on student achievement. To date, few studies have empirically examined the impact of such policies on student outcomes. This study investigates to what extent SLPs are related to pupils' reading performance from an educational effectiveness perspective. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, At Risk Students, Language Skills, School Policy
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Alimi, Fatai Oyekola; Tella, Adedeji; Adeyemo, Gabriel Olufemi; Oyeweso, Musibau Oyewale – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2020
The study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of mother tongue instruction on the achievement of primary five (V) pupils in literacy and numerical skills in Osun state. It also examined the moderating effect of gender. The Cummins interdependence theory provided the framework, while the pre-test/post-test control group quasi experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Jones, Tiffany M.; Fleming, Charles; Beaver, Jessica; Anderson, Eric – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: Schools are increasingly measuring school climate and social emotional learning, yet few measures conduct invariance testing by race, gender, or language despite known differences in perceptions of these constructs based on these identities. Objective: This study reports on the validation process of a school climate and social…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Student Surveys, Educational Environment, Social Emotional Learning
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Aslanoglu, Aslihan Erman – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The aim of this quantitative study was to scrutinize the significance levels in logistic regression model used for classifying Turkish listening comprehension success (successful/unsuccessful) of the 5th grade Turkish students taking compulsory Turkish language course. The study was conducted with 286 students at 5th grade in six different private…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Private Schools
Ariana Hernandez – ProQuest LLC, 2020
English learners are a significant student population in the American public education system that should be considered when proactively addressing the achievement gap in the United States. Fuel by immigration, the number of English learners enrolled in the United States has been growing at a rapid rate compared to their monolingual peers. In this…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English Language Learners, Achievement Gap, Grade 3
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Aslanoglu, Aslihan Erman – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2020
The aim of this quantitative study was to scrutinize the significance levels in logistic regression model used for classifying Turkish listening comprehension success (successful/unsuccessful) of the 5th grade Turkish students taking compulsory Turkish language course. The study was conducted with 286 students at 5th grade in six different private…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Private Schools
Tyner, Adam; Kabourek, Sarah – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2020
Curriculum experts have long argued that adopting content-rich language arts curricula would help to remedy the knowledge deficit. Another approach is simply to devote more classroom time to subjects like science and social studies. It is an open question whether more time spent on such content-rich subjects in elementary school classrooms might…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Reading Comprehension, Children, Longitudinal Studies
April Brittany Camping – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between writing motivation and performance for students in grades three to five, and whether scores differed based on students' language status, gender, or grade level. Three student language groups were included: (1) emergent bilingual students currently receiving services for English…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Writing (Composition), Writing Achievement, Student Diversity
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Natalia Palacios; Natalie L. Bohlmann; Bethany A. Bell; Min Hyun Oh; Yitong Yue – AERA Open, 2024
Utilizing Utah state data, the aim of this study is to examine the association between language program types programs (dual language programs [DLI], sheltered instruction [SEI], and English as a second language [ESL]) since first grade and third-grade basic literacy skills of Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) in the United States. We employ…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Outcomes of Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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