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Predictors of At-Risk Kindergarteners' Later Reading Difficulty: Examining Learner-by-Intervention Interactions
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Simmons, Deborah C.; Taylor, Aaron B.; Oslund, Eric L.; Simmons, Leslie E.; Coyne, Michael D.; Little, Mary E.; Rawlinson, D'Ann M.; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Kwok, Oi-man; Kim, Minjung – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
This longitudinal study examined (a) the second-grade reading outcomes of 368 children who participated in either experimental or school-designed supplemental intervention in kindergarten, and (b) the influence and interactions of learner variables and type of intervention on reading achievement. Descriptive findings indicated that percentages of…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Intervention
Learning to Read in Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome: Syndrome-Specific Precursors and Developmental Trajectories
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Steele, Ann; Scerif, Gaia; Cornish, Kim; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: In typical development, early reading is underpinned by language skills, like vocabulary and phonological awareness (PA), as well as taught skills like letter knowledge. Less is understood about how early reading develops in children with neurodevelopmental disorders who display specific profiles of linguistic strengths and weaknesses,…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language, Control Groups
Using Early Standardized Language Measures to Predict Later Language and Early Reading Outcomes in Children at High Risk for Language-Learning Impairments
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Flax, Judy F.; Realpe-Bonilla, Teresa; Roesler, Cynthia; Choudhury, Naseem; Benasich, April – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
The aim of the study was to examine the profiles of children with a family history (FH+) of language-learning impairments (LLI) and a control group of children with no reported family history of LLI (FH-) and identify which language constructs (receptive or expressive) and which ages (2 or 3 years) are related to expressive and receptive language…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Comprehension, Early Reading
Social Reasoning Skills in Adults with Down Syndrome: The Role of Language, Executive Functions and Socio-Emotional Behaviour
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Hippolyte, L.; Iglesias, K.; Van der Linden, M.; Barisnikov, K. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: Although the prevalence of mental illness and behaviour problems is lower in adults with Down syndrome (DS) than in other populations with intellectual disabilities, they do present emotional and relational problems, as well as social integration difficulties. However, studies reporting on specific competences known to be central in…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Social Integration, Mental Disorders, Attention
Models and Determinants of Vocabulary Growth from Kindergarten to Adulthood
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Beitchman, Joseph H.; Jiang, Hedy; Koyama, Emiko; Johnson, Carla J.; Escobar, Michael; Atkinson, Leslie; Brownlie, E. B.; Vida, Ron – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Increasing evidence suggests that childhood language problems persist into early adulthood. Nevertheless, little is known about how individual and environmental characteristics influence the language growth of individuals identified with speech/language problems. Method: Individual growth curve models were utilised to examine how…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Early Intervention, Speech Impairments, Family Income