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Direct linkJason L. Anthony; Yi-Jui Iva Chen; Jeffrey M. Williams; Weiliang Cen; Noé A. Erazo – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Construct confusion and measurement challenges have plagued emergent literacy research for decades. Using a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design, this study evaluated the dimensionality of alphabet knowledge and identified the sequence of development of 8 alphabet knowledge skills. Eleven models were evaluated in a sample of 3,692 preschool- and elementary…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Alphabets, English
Tibi, Sana; Edwards, Ashley A.; Schatschneider, Christopher; Lombardino, Linda J.; Kirby, John R.; Salha, Soheil H. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
Little research has been conducted on Arabic letter knowledge. This study investigates the nature of Arabic letter knowledge, its dimensionality, and the relative difficulty of letter knowledge items, all within an item response theory (IRT) framework. Three letter knowledge tests were administered to 142 native Arabic-speaking kindergarteners…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Semitic Languages, Alphabets, Reading Tests
Fischer, Jean-Paul – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Recent research has established that 5- to 6-year-old typically developing children in a left-right writing culture spontaneously reverse left-oriented characters (e.g., they write a [reversed J] instead of J) when they write single characters. Thus, children seem to implicitly apply a right-writing rule (RWR: see Fischer & Koch, 2016a). In…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Handwriting, Writing Skills, Alphabets
Download full textKim, Young-Suk Grace; Petscher, Yaacov; Treiman, Rebecca; Kelcey, Benjamin – Grantee Submission, 2020
To expand our understanding of script-general and script-specific principles in the learning of letter names, we examined how three characteristics of alphabet letters -- their frequency in printed materials, order in the alphabet, and visual similarity to other letters -- relate to children's letter-name knowledge in four languages with three…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Written Language, Printed Materials, Item Response Theory
Zugarramurdi, Camila; Fernández, Lucía; Lallier, Marie; Valle-Lisboa, Juan Carlos; Carreiras, Manuel – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Reading acquisition is based on a set of preliteracy skills that lay the foundation for future reading abilities. Phonological awareness--the ability to identify and manipulate the sound units of oral language--has been reported to play a central role in reading acquisition. However, current evidence is mixed with respect to its universal…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, Spanish, Longitudinal Studies
Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Petscher, Yaacov; Treiman, Rebecca; Kelcey, Benjamin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2021
To expand our understanding of script-general and script-specific principles in the learning of letter names, we examined how three characteristics of alphabet letters -- their frequency in printed materials, order in the alphabet, and visual similarity to other letters -- relate to children's letter-name knowledge in four languages with three…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols, Written Language, Printed Materials
Meyer, J. Patrick; Invernizzi, Marcia A.; Ford, Karen L. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2019
We used multidimensional item response theory to test the internal structure of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening in Spanish for Preschool and test for item parameter drift. The measure is aligned with the simple view of reading, which defines reading as consisting of two equally important dimensions: decoding and language…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Screening Tests, Spanish, Alphabets
