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Crayons and iPads : learning and teaching of young children in the digital world
A timely addition to the SAGE Swift Series, Crayons and iPads examines the use of digital technology in the early stages of child development and the way in which learning techniques have evolved in classrooms across the world. Taking the position that tablets provide an accessible learning and instructional tool, Debra Harwood explores how tablets can be used to provoke, ignite, and excite children's interest in the world around them, arguing that it is through this engagement with technology that new discoveries are made and learning takes place. Guiding readers through research-based insights into children's thinking, interactions and being, Crayons and iPads offers an important starting point upon which to build play and inquiry-based learning opportunities within early learning program. -- Provided by publisher.
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Contributions of school-entry oral language, early literacy skills, and name writing to writing in the first 2 years of school
Early literacy and writing development are inter-related, yet predictors of beginning writing are less well studied than beginning reading. This study investigated contributions of school-entry name-writing to writing skills after 1 and 2 years of school in New Zealand above and beyond school-entry oral language and early literacy skills. Participants were 102 children followed for 2 years from school-entry. Study variables correlated concurrently and predictively, although multivariate results varied by outcome measure. School-entry alphabet knowledge consistently contributed to spelling measures and teachers’ judgments of writing progress at follow-up. School-entry phonological awareness uniquely contributed to one measure, pseudowords spelled correctly, at follow-up, with 1-year correctly spelled pseuodowords mediating the relation between school-entry phonological awareness and teachers’ judgments of progress in writing (WritingOTJ) at 2-year follow-up. School-entry name writing predicted later handwriting and correct spelling of letter sounds at 1-year follow-up, with 1-year correctly spelled letter sounds mediating the relation between school-entry name-writing and 2-year WritingOTJ. Finally, predictive relations between school-entry oral language skills and WritingOTJ emerged at 2-year follow-up. Results document links between school-entry alphabet knowledge and beginning writing. Cognitive-linguistic skills differentially added to predictions of later skills, supporting posited contributions of phonological awareness to spelling and oral language to proficient writing of older students. School-entry name-writing, associated with handwriting and letter-sound writing at 1-year follow-up, may reflect beginning transcription skills in young children.
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Best practices in early literacy instruction
\"Bringing together prominent scholars, this book shows how 21st-century research and theory can inform everyday instructional practices in early childhood classrooms (PreK-3). Coverage includes foundational topics such as alphabet learning, phonological awareness, oral language development, and learning to write, as well as cutting-edge topics such as digital literacy, informational texts, and response to intervention. Every chapter features guiding questions; an overview of ideas and findings on the topic at hand; specific suggestions for improving instruction, assessment, and/or the classroom environment; and an engrossing example of the practices in action\"--Provided by publisher.
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Phonics-Based Instruction and Improvement in Foundational Reading Skills of Kindergartners in the Indian Schooling Context
Most private schools in India follow the Alphabet-Spelling method to teach reading in English. This approach bypasses letter-sound correspondences and focuses on rote memorization and sight-word recognition. In an effort to provide students with more recent evidence-based practices in reading instruction, this study examined how phonics-based instruction related with early English literacy outcomes for students in kindergarten. Our sample consisted of 627 students attending a private middle-cost school in Mumbai, India where the language of instruction was English. Students were tested for early literacy skills in kindergarten using the DIBELSNext benchmarking measures. We compared groups of students who received no phonics (n = 165) to students who received one year of phonics (n = 234) and students who received two years of phonics (n = 228) respectively. Our results suggested that students who received both one and two years of phonics instruction in preschool significantly outperformed those who did not receive any phonics instruction on all the literacy skills assessed. Moreover, the incidence of students being at-risk for reading difficulties reduced significantly with an increase in years of phonics instruction. Implications for reading research, practice, and policy in the Indian context are discussed.
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Rethinking early literacies : reading and rewriting worlds
\"Rethinking Early Literacies theorizes literacy for young children in a way that invites readers to rethink theoretical constructs framing understandings of literacy in contemporary society. Examples from a variety of sites, involving diverse children ages 3-8 prompt reconceptualizations of children's literate identities, challenge how diverse language learners are defined, and revise and expand the notion of texts to encompass digital tools and popular culture. Issues influencing early childhood education and how young children are positioned given trans/national social and political contexts are considered throughout\" -- Provided by pubisher.
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The role of the executive functions in school readiness among preschool-age children
The aim of this study was to identify the specific contribution of executive functions to pre-academic skills (emergent literacy, phonological awareness and orthographic knowledge, and emergent mathematic knowledge) over and above cognitive and linguistic underpinning abilities such as naming, short-term memory and vocabulary. The study was designed to examine the following questions: (1) Are executive functions related to pre-academics skills in
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pre-academic skills? (2) Does the magnitude of the relationship between executive functions and pre-academics skills change with the progress in pre-school age? 54 children between the ages of 5 and 6 years old from 4 different kindergartens participated in the project. A wide range of pre-academic skills, cognitive, linguistic and executive functions tasks were administered. The results demonstrated that executive functions contributed significantly to both emergent literacy and emergent mathematic knowledge. In addition, the current study also suggests that the role of executive functions increases with the growth of child’s pre-academic development. Finally, the strongest contribution of executive functions was found to orthographic knowledge.
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Pivotal research in early literacy : foundational studies and current practices
\"This reader-friendly text examines the key foundational studies in early literacy. It addresses such essential questions as how research informs current practices and where the field still needs to go to provide the best learning opportunities for all children. Each chapter describes the methods and findings of one to five seminal studies, critically assesses their long-term impact on practice and policy, and offers takeaways for the classroom. Leading authorities--including several authors of the original pivotal studies--cover 12 essential aspects of language development, literacy development, and home and community literacy experiences in PreK-2\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Investigating the relationship between parental attitudes toward reading, early literacy activities, and reading literacy in Arabic among Emirati children
Emirati children’s reading skills have consistently lagged behind global standards on international standardized tests. Given the United Arab Emirates’s Vision 2031, which aims for a world-class education system, and given the importance of Arabic literacy in preserving national identity and cultural heritage, there is an urgent need to investigate the factors that influence Arabic literacy among Emirati children. Therefore, this study, using data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 database, aimed to examine the relationships between parents’ attitudes toward reading, early literacy activities, early literacy tasks, and Arabic literacy. Specifically, the study aimed to (1) determine the predictive value of parental attitudes toward reading for Arabic reading literacy among Emirati children; (2) examine how early literacy activities and tasks contribute to Arabic reading literacy; and (3) examine the mediating role of early literacy activities and tasks in the relationship between parental attitudes and Arabic reading literacy. The results of the study suggest that parental attitudes toward reading are an important predictor of their children’s Arabic reading literacy. Participation in early literacy activities before primary school and mastery of early literacy tasks at the beginning of primary school were both associated with reading proficiency in Arabic. Furthermore, both early literacy activities and early literacy tasks significantly mediated the relationship between parental attitudes toward reading and children’s reading proficiency in Arabic. The findings are critical for educators to adapt teaching methods, curricula, and parental involvement programs to more effectively support Arabic literacy development. The study highlights the need for an inclusive approach involving parents, educators, and policymakers to create an enabling environment for the development of Arabic literacy, which is essential for academic success and cultural preservation.
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Untangling Chinese preschoolers’ early writing development: associations among early reading, executive functioning, and early writing skills
Despite a growing body of literature in English-speaking contexts documenting associations among children’s early reading, executive function (EF), and early writing development, relatively few studies investigate the development of these skills in young Chinese children. Utilizing a longitudinal research design, this study followed 84 Chinese children (M = 4.16 years, SD = 0.67) over the preschool year and investigated concurrent and longitudinal associations among young children’s early reading (i.e. vocabulary, phonological awareness, and Pinyin knowledge), early writing (i.e. name writing and Chinese word writing), and EF skills (i.e. inhibitory control, behavioral regulation, and cognitive flexibility). Hierarchical regression and multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that Pinyin knowledge was concurrently and longitudinally associated with Chinese children’s name writing and word writing skills. Reciprocal associations between Pinyin and Chinese name writing was also detected. Among EF skills, inhibitory control was concurrently associated with Chinese name writing skill, while cognitive flexibility was longitudinally associated with Chinese name writing. Findings suggest an important role of Pinyin knowledge in Chinese children’s early writing development and point to the importance of examining the contribution of domain specific EF skills to Chinese early reading and writing development.
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