Gender Differences that Affect Emerging Literacy in First Grade Children: The U.S., India, and Taiwan.

Soderman, Anne K.; Chhikara, Sudha; Hsiu-Ching, Chen; Kuo, Elaine

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Publication Date: 1999

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Gender Differences that Affect Emerging Literacy in First Grade Children: The U.S., India, and Taiwan.

Soderman, Anne K.; Chhikara, Sudha; Hsiu-Ching, Chen; Kuo, Elaine

International Journal of Early Childhood, v31 n2 p9-16 1999

Examined sex differences in perceptual and cognitive abilities and in reading skills among 922 first graders in the United States, India, and Taiwan. Found that girls scored significantly higher than boys on reading skills, visual memory, directionality, and ability to track nonsymbolic figures. Urban children outscored rural children on four measures, with the opposite occurring for one measure. (KB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Memory, Primary Education, Reading Skills, Rural Urban Differences, Sex Differences, Visual Perception, Young Children

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: India; Taiwan; United States

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