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Developmental Dyslexia: An Exploratory Study Using Thematic Analysis of the Self-Reported Reading Difficulties of Monolingual and Bilingual Adults
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Lêda Maria Braga Tomitch; Denise Neumann; Veema Lodhia; Nasrin Zamani Foroushani; Karen E. Waldie – International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2023
This exploratory study investigated the self-reported reading difficulties and compensatory strategies of monolingual and bilingual adults with dyslexia. Twenty monolinguals and six bilinguals answered a questionnaire that collected socio-demographic data as well as information regarding their reading difficulties, experiences, and possible…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties, Monolingualism, Bilingualism
Enrolment in the First Stage of Early Childhood Education and Students' Academic Performance: A Cross-Country Analysis
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Luis Alejandro Lopez-Agudo; Oscar David Marcenaro-Gutierrez – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2024
Parents have the option of enrolling their children in the first stage of early childhood education (from 0 to 3 years of age). However, not all parents decide to do so, waiting until the second stage of early childhood education to enrol them in the education system (from 3 to 5 years of age), or even until compulsory education when their…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Enrollment Influences, Parent Role, Decision Making
Teachers as Readers in New Zealand Primary and Intermediate Schools
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McDowall, Sue – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2021
This report presents the findings of a small exploratory study carried out in 2021 by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) for the National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa. The project is part of a wider suite of six studies commissioned by the National Library as part of their Communities of Readers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Habits, Recreational Reading, Elementary School Teachers
Teachers as Readers: Listening to, Reading, and Talking about Stories -- For Pleasure
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McDowall, Sue – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2022
Teachers who read for pleasure can enable their students to become readers as they consciously and unconsciously model the knowledge, practices, values, beliefs, and language (that is, the discourses) associated with being a reader. Such teachers are in the unique position of being able to talk with students about what they are currently reading,…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers