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Direct linkFujisawa, Keiko K.; Wadsworth, Sally J.; Kakihana, Shinichiro; Olson, Richard K.; DeFries, John C.; Byrne, Brian; Ando, Juko – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
This first Japanese twin study of early literacy development investigated the extent to which genetic and environmental factors influence individual differences in prereading skills in 238 pairs of twins at 42 months of age. Twin pairs were individually tested on measures of phonological awareness, "kana" letter name/sound knowledge,…
Descriptors: Twins, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Early Reading
Hannam, Rachel; Fraser, Helen; Byrne, Brian – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2007
Newly literate children have a tendency to spell s-stop sequences in words like "spin," "stop," "sky" with B, D, G (SBIN, SDOP, SGY), rather than with standard P, T, K. This observation potentially has implications for theories of English phonology as well as of language and literacy acquisition. Understanding these…
Descriptors: Phonology, Spelling, Phonemes, Young Children
Byrne, Brian; Wadsworth, Sally; Corley, Robin; Samuelsson, Stefan; Quain, Peter; DeFries, John C.; Willcutt, Erik; Olson, Richard K. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2005
We conducted behavior?genetic analyses of kindergarten reading, spelling, phonological awareness, rapid naming, and spoken sentence processing in 172 pairs of monozygotic and 153 pairs of same-sex dizygotic twin kindergarten children sampled in the United States and Australia. We also modeled progress from preschool to kindergarten in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonology, Kindergarten, Spelling
Peer reviewedByrne, Brian; Fielding-Barnsley, Ruth – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
Results of 6 experiments with 109 Australian preschool children favor training in phoneme identity over segmentation as a component of initial reading instruction because it is easier to implement and its relation to alphabetic insight is stronger. Implications for the initial reading curriculum are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedByrne, Brian; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1992
Discusses a study of the relationship of Australian elementary school students' word reading strategies to comprehension level, reading time, and phonemic awareness. Reports that performance in reading both irregular and nonsense words is a reasonably good predictor of subsequent performance. Recommends remedial training for students lacking…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
Samuelsson, Stefan; Byrne, Brian; Quain, Peter; Wadsworth, Sally; Corley, Robin; DeFries, John C.; Willcutt, Eric; Olson, Richard – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
Individual differences in measures of prereading skills and in questionnaire measures of 4-5-year-old twins' print environments in Australia, Scandinavia, and the United States were explored with a behavioral-genetic design. Modest phenotypic correlations were found between environmental measures and the twins' print knowledge, general verbal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Influences, Genetics, Prereading Experience
Peer reviewedByrne, Brian; Delaland, Cara; Fielding-Barnsley, Ruth; Quain, Peter; Samuelsson, Stefan; Hoien, Torleiv; Corley, Robin; DeFries, John C.; Wadsworth, Sally; Willcutt, Erik; Olson, Richard K. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2002
Preliminary results from data on 146 Australian, 284 American, and 70 Norwegian preschool twins indicate reliable genetic influences on phonological awareness and memory and learning. Vocabulary, grammar, and morphology showed significant shared environment and negligible genetic effects. A print knowledge composite showed genetic and shared…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Biological Influences, Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia
Peer reviewedByrne, Brian; Fielding-Barnsley, Ruth – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
A program to teach young children about phonological structure was evaluated with 64 experimental group and 62 control group preschoolers in Australia. Results support the efficacy of the program and the principle that phonological awareness and letter knowledge are necessary but not sufficient for acquisition of the alphabetic principle. (SLD)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
