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Examining the Relationship between Emergent Literacy Skills and Invented Spelling in Prekindergarten Spanish-Speaking Dual Language Learners
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Pendergast, Meghan; Bingham, Gary; Patton-Terry, Nicole – Early Education and Development, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to examine associations among English and Spanish emergent literacy skills of prekindergarten (pre-K) Spanish-speaking dual language learners in relation to their English invented spelling. Study participants included 141 Spanish-speaking 4-year-old children enrolled in state-funded pre-K programs in a large…
Descriptors: Correlation, Emergent Literacy, Receptive Language, Regression (Statistics)
The Development of Invented Spelling.
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McBride-Chang, Catherine – Early Education and Development, 1998
Tested 93 children on reading-related skills four times over 1.5 years. Found that the invented spelling measure was stable, highly associated with traditional phonological awareness tasks, and substantially predictive of standardized spelling and word and nonword decoding tests over time. Orthographic and phonological processing were associated…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Invented Spelling, Preschool Education, Young Children
Young Children's Knowledge Building and Literacy Development through Knowledge Forum[R]
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Pelletier, Janette; Reeve, Richard; Halewood, Cindy – Early Education and Development, 2006
This study examined how the use of Knowledge Forum (KF)[R], a networked, Internet-based learning environment, was related to the literacy development of 4-year-old children in a laboratory school affiliated with the University of Toronto. Over the course of the year, children participated in a longitudinal photo journal project. With adult…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Invented Spelling, Gender Differences, Emergent Literacy