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Cross Linguistic Transfer of Literacy Skills between English and French among Grade 1 Students Attending French Immersion Programs
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Côté, Marie-France; Savage, Robert; Petscher, Yaacov – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2021
This study explored the impact of a supplemental reading intervention delivered in English in Grade 1 on the performance of at-risk children educated in French Immersion schools. The intervention contrasted "Direct Mapping and Set-for-Variability" with a "Common and Best Practices" taught control condition in a matched…
Descriptors: English, French, Immersion Programs, Grade 1
Home and School Interventions Aided At-Risk Students' Literacy during COVID-19: A Longitudinal Analysis
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Dunn, Kristy; Georgiou, George K.; Inoue, Tomohiro; Savage, Robert; Parrila, Rauno – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
We examined whether different parent- and teacher-related factors had an effect on at-risk children's reading development during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seventy Grade 1 English-speaking Canadian children (28 females, 42 males; M[subscript age] = 6.60, SD = 0.46) who were at-risk for reading difficulties were administered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, At Risk Students
The Simple View of Reading as a Framework for National Literacy Initiatives: A Hierarchical Model of Pupil-Level and Classroom-Level Factors
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Savage, Robert; Burgos, Giovani; Wood, Eileen; Piquette, Noella – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
The Simple View of Reading (SVR) describes Reading Comprehension as the product of distinct child-level variance in decoding (D) and linguistic comprehension (LC) component abilities. When used as a model for educational policy, distinct classroom-level influences of each of the components of the SVR model have been assumed, but have not yet been…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Decoding (Reading), Comprehension, Linguistics
Developing Tools for Assessing and Using Commercially Available Reading Software Programs to Promote the Development of Early Reading Skills in Children
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Wood, Eileen; Gottardo, Alexandra; Grant, Amy; Evans, Mary Ann; Phillips, Linda; Savage, Robert – NHSA Dialog, 2012
As computers become an increasingly ubiquitous part of young children's lives there is a need to examine how best to harness digital technologies to promote learning in early childhood education contexts. The development of emergent literacy skills is 1 domain for which numerous software programs are available for young learners. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Early Childhood Education
Assessing the Content and Quality of Commercially Available Reading Software Programs: Do They Have the Fundamental Structures to Promote the Development of Early Reading Skills in Children?
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Grant, Amy; Wood, Eileen; Gottardo, Alexandra; Evans, Mary Ann; Phillips, Linda; Savage, Robert – NHSA Dialog, 2012
The current study developed a taxonomy of reading skills and compared this taxonomy with skills being trained in 30 commercially available software programs designed to teach emergent literacy or literacy-specific skills for children in preschool, kindergarten, and Grade 1. Outcomes suggest that, although some skills are being trained in a…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Emergent Literacy, Best Practices, Classification
Inattention and Response to the ABRACADABRA Web-Based Literacy Intervention
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Deault, Louise; Savage, Robert; Abrami, Philip – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
Inattention is often associated with reduced response to reading intervention. This study explored attention as a predictor of individual variation in response to a free-access Web-based literacy intervention, ABRACADABRA (http://abralite.concordia.ca) in typical Grade 1 children. A randomized control design was used to contrast two interventions,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Reading Difficulties, Reading Ability