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Cunningham, Anna J.; Carroll, Julia M. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2011
We investigate the effects of age-related factors and formal instruction on the development of reading-related skills in children aged 4 and 7 years. Age effects were determined by comparing two groups of children at the onset of formal schooling; one aged 7 (later-schooled) and one aged 4 (earlier-schooled). Schooling effects were measured by…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonological Awareness, Verbal Learning, Reading Instruction
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Moll, Kristina; Landerl, Karin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2009
In two studies dissociations between reading and spelling skills were examined. Study 1 reports equally high prevalence rates for isolated deficits in reading (7%) or spelling (6%) in a representative sample (N = 2,029) of German-speaking elementary school children. In Study 2, children with isolated deficits were presented with the same words to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Spelling, Economically Disadvantaged, Phonological Awareness
MCLEOD, JOHN – 1967
THE ABILITY OF SECOND GRADERS TO PRODUCE TACHISTOSCOPICALLY PRESENTED LETTER SEQUENCES AND DISCRIMINATE AND VOCALLY REPRODUCE AUDITORILY PRESENTED WORDS WAS STUDIED IN THREE EXPERIMENTS. THE READING DISABILITY GROUP WAS FOUND TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AND CONSISTENTLY INFERIOR TO THE CONTROL GROUP IN REPRODUCING THE VISUALLY PRESENTED LETTER SEQUENCES…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Grade 2, Reading Difficulties, Reading Research