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Associations of 3-Year-Olds' Block-Building Complexity with Later Spatial and Mathematical Skills
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Bower, Corinne; Odean, Rosalie; Verdine, Brian N.; Medford, Jelani R.; Marzouk, Maya; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2020
Block-building skills at age 3 are related to spatial skills at age 5 and spatial skills in grade school are linked to later success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Though studies have focused on block-building behaviors and design complexity, few have examined these variables in relation to future spatial and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Difficulty Level, Spatial Ability, Mathematics Skills
Associations of 3-Year-Olds' Block-Building Complexity with Later Spatial and Mathematical Skills
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Bower, Corinne; Odean, Rosalie; Verdine, Brian N.; Medford, Jelani R.; Marzouk, Maya; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Grantee Submission, 2020
Block-building skills at age 3 are related to spatial skills at age 5 and spatial skills in grade school are linked to later success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Though studies have focused on block-building behaviors and design complexity, few have examined these variables in relation to future spatial and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Difficulty Level, Spatial Ability, Mathematics Skills
Multidimensional Scaling with Intelligence and Academic Achievement Scores
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Emily M. Meyer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
School psychologists use intelligence and academic achievement test scores to understand individual differences in abilities that may be directed towards learning and the learning that has already occurred. To make ethical and effective decisions regarding individualized educational programs and interventions, test users must understand the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intelligence, Multidimensional Scaling, School Psychologists
The "Sound of Silence": Sensitivity to Silent Letters in Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder
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Godin, Marie-Pier; Berthiaume, Rachel; Daigle, Daniel – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) demonstrate general spelling difficulties. This study investigated accuracy on and sensitivity to silent letters in spelling in children with and without DLD. Investigating silent-letter production provides a window into orthographic and morphological knowledge and enhances understanding…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Language Impairments, Error Patterns, Accuracy
Reader-Test Interactions: An Explanatory Item Response Study on Reading Comprehension
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Ping Wang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
According to the RAND model framework, reading comprehension test performance is influenced by readers' reading skills or reader characteristics, test properties, and their interactions. However, little empirical research has systematically compared the impacts of reader characteristics, test properties, and reader-test interactions across…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Reading Research, Test Items
Online Collaborative Writing Revision Intervention Outcomes for Struggling and Skilled Writers: An Initial Finding
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Lee, Sung Hee; Bernstein, Malayna; Georgieva, Zornitsa – Preventing School Failure, 2019
This study examined struggling and skilled writers' narrative writing performances when revising stories in pairs online as compared to students working independently. In the experimental group, 5 mixed-ability pairs of upper-elementary struggling writers and skilled writers engaged in online collaborative revision. In the control group, 5…
Descriptors: Revision (Written Composition), Collaborative Writing, Writing Difficulties, Writing Skills