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Handwriting Development in Spanish Children with and without Learning Disabilities: A Graphonomic Approach
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Barrientos, Pablo – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
The central purpose of this study was to analyze the dynamics of handwriting movements in real time for Spanish students in early grades with and without learning disabilities. The sample consisted of 120 children from Grades 1 through 3 (primary education), classified into two groups: with learning disabilities and without learning disabilities.…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2
Is Earlier Better? Mastery of Reading Fluency in Early Schooling
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Park, Yonghan; Chaparro, Erin A.; Preciado, Jorge; Cummings, Kelli D. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The goal of the present study was to provide empirical evidence for the importance of mastering reading fluency in early schooling. Study participants were 1,322 students in 3rd grade in 42 schools in a northwestern state. These students were assessed using a battery of reading skill tests as well as comprehensive tests of more…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Mastery Learning, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Predictors of Responsiveness to Early Literacy Intervention: A 10-Year Update
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Lam, Elizabeth A.; McMaster, Kristen L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of this review was to update previous reviews on factors related to students' responsiveness to early literacy intervention. The 14 studies in this synthesis used experimental designs, provided small-group or one-on-one reading interventions, and analyzed factors related to responsiveness to those interventions. Participants were…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Longitudinal Studies
Multivariate Screening Model for Later Word Reading Achievement: Predictive Utility of Prereading Skills and Cognitive Ability
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MacDonald, Heidi H.; Sullivan, Amanda L.; Watkins, Marley W. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2013
The present study used multiple regression to determine the predictive value of Kindergarten phonemic awareness, rapid serial naming, letter knowledge, and cognitive ability for predicting first-grade word reading and fluency. Participants were 131 first-grade students from a mid-Atlantic school system. A combination of predictor variables was…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Reading Achievement, Prereading Experience, Cognitive Ability
Contribution of the Home Environment to Preschool Children's Emergent Literacy Skills
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Haynes, Rebekah Mina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Recent and ongoing research has demonstrated the alarming likelihood of children from low-income homes and from ethnic minorities to read at much lower reading levels than their peers. Additionally, reading ability is related to the earliest of emergent literacy skills, which can be measured in young children before they enter formal schooling.…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship
Environmental Risk Factors and Children's Literacy Skills during the Transition to Elementary School
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Cadima, Joana; McWilliam, R. A.; Leal, Teresa – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
This study examined the effects of the accumulation of family risk factors on children's literacy skills, both in preschool and in first grade. Children's (N = 106) vocabulary, conventions of print, phonological awareness, knowledge of letters, reading decoding, and reading comprehension were assessed. Family risk factors, consisting of household…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonological Awareness, At Risk Persons, Multivariate Analysis