[HTML][HTML] Measuring preschool children's engagement behaviors during classroom shared reading: Construct and concurrent validity of the shared reading …

SHC Son, AE Baroody, MO Opatz - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2023 - Elsevier
Young children's engagement in shared reading refers to the extent of children's attention,
behavioral involvement, and enjoyment during shared reading and has been treated as an …

The challenges of writing in school: Conceptualizing writing development within a sociocognitive framework

P Deane - Educational Psychologist, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article argues for a conceptualization of school writing that emphasizes how cognitive
and sociocultural factors interact. In academic, professional, and affinity-based communities …

Exploring individual and gender differences in early writing performance

AM Adams, FR Simmons - Reading and Writing, 2019 - Springer
Boys' relatively poor progress in writing development is of particular concern in education
with both cognitive and social factors proposed as possible accounts of this discrepancy …

Supporting language and literacy development with intensive small-group interventions: An early childhood efficacy study

BM Phillips, YSG Kim, CJ Lonigan, CM Connor… - Early Childhood …, 2021 - Elsevier
The strong association of early language skills to later reading ability suggests that
supporting the development of these skills in children who enter school with below average …

Examining potential sources of gender differences in writing: The role of handwriting fluency and self-efficacy beliefs

C Cordeiro, SL Castro, T Limpo - Written Communication, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of scholarship in the field of writing research from a cognitive perspective
suggests that girls tend to outperform boys in particular writing tasks. Still, our understanding …

Gender differences in reading and numeracy achievement across the school years

DP Thomas, B Hopwood, V Hatisaru… - The Australian Educational …, 2024 - Springer
Developing students' reading and numeracy skills remain key goals of contemporary
schooling. In Australia, the National Assessment Program–Literacy and Numeracy …

The effect of family literacy programs on the development of children's early literacy in kindergarten settings

F Ihmeideh, F Al-Maadadi - Children and Youth Services Review, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of family literacy programs on
developing kindergarten children's early literacy skills in Qatar. Three hundred and twenty …

Using a digital spelling game for promoting alphabetic knowledge of preschoolers: The contribution of auditory and visual supports

A Elimelech, D Aram - Reading Research Quarterly, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The authors developed a digital spelling game to promote children's early literacy skills.
Based on the dual‐coding theory, the authors studied the benefits of auditory support alone …

Advances in measurement invariance and mean comparison of latent variables: Equivalence testing and a projection-based approach

G Jiang, Y Mai, KH Yuan - Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Measurement invariance (MI) entails that measurements in different groups are comparable,
and is a logical prerequisite when studying difference or change across groups. MI is …

The effects of ability grouping on the learning of children from low income homes: A systematic review

L Henry - The STeP Journal, 2015 - ojs.cumbria.ac.uk
This paper explores the relationship between socio-economic status, ability grouping and
children's educational outcomes. The study takes the form of a systematic review to examine …