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Junyent, Andrea; Fernández-Flecha, María – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2022
This research analyzes data collected by the Young Lives project on childhood poverty. It addresses the effect of socio-demographic, individual, and linguistic variables -- focusing on the latter -- on reading comprehension in Spanish by 502 Peruvian Quechua-Spanish bilingual children aged 8 years. The regression model tested explained 46% of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Spanish, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Students
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Silva, Silvia Morales; Verhoeven, Ludo; van Leeuwe, Jan – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011
In this study, the socio-cultural variation in reading comprehension development was examined in 331 fifth graders from schools in Lima, Peru. Reading comprehension was measured using an adaptation of the PIRLS Reading Literacy test. The fifth graders' reading comprehension results, measured over the course of fifth grade, were related to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Cueto, Santiago; Chinen, Marjorie – International Journal of Educational Development, 2008
In this paper, we present data from an evaluation of the educational impact of a school breakfast program implemented in rural schools in Peru. The results showed positive effects on school attendance and dropout rates, and a differential effect of the breakfast program on multiple-grade and full-grade schools. Particularly in multiple-grade…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Rural Schools, Dropout Rate, Breakfast Programs
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Silva, Liliana, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2013, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 26 to 28 of April. Our efforts and active engagement can now be rewarded with these three days of exciting new developments about what we are passionate about: Psychology and its connections. We take pride…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychoeducational Methods, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes