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van der Kleij, Sanne W.; Burgess, Adrian P.; Ricketts, Jessie; Shapiro, Laura R. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
Purpose: We investigated the roles of leisure reading and word reading ability in vocabulary and reading comprehension development in 598 adolescents at ages 10, 11, and 12 (285 girls, 313 boys). Method: Structural equation modeling was used to test whether word reading was associated with vocabulary and reading comprehension: a) directly; b)…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Word Recognition
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Ünal, Ali – International Education Studies, 2019
The timing of children's start to school is the interest of researchers, policy-makers and especially parents. Researches on this issue have recently pointed to the concept of relative age effect (RAE). The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of RAE on mathematics achievement in Turkey. In order to accomplish this purpose, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Mathematics Achievement, School Entrance Age
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Çankaya, Ibrahim; Dag, Mehmet – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This study aims to make a comparison of various lessons' mean exam scores achieved at the first, second, third and fourth grade by students who started elementary school at 60-66 months and those who started at or above 69 months as these students started the elementary school at the same time after an amendment in elementary education law in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Entrance Age, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement