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Pears, Katherine C.; Heywood, Cynthia V.; Kim, Hyoun K.; Fisher, Philip A. – School Psychology Review, 2011
Reading skills are core competencies in children's readiness to learn and may be particularly important for children in foster care, who are at risk for academic difficulties and higher rates of special education placement. In this study, prereading skills (phonological awareness, alphabetic knowledge, and oral language ability) and kindergarten…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness, Path Analysis
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Fuhs, Mary Wagner; Wyant, Autumn B.; Day, Jeanne D. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2011
The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between temperament (specifically impulsivity and inhibition) and prereading skills (letter knowledge and print concepts) in preschool children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The participants in the study were 111 preschool children with a mean age of 58.09 months (SD = 5.80) attending Head…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children