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Direct linkAhtola, Annarilla; Silinskas, Gintautas; Poikonen, Pirjo-Liisa; Kontoniemi, Marita; Niemi, Pekka; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
This study examined whether the transition practices implemented in preschool-elementary school pairs contribute to children's academic development during the first year of elementary school. Participants were 398 children who moved from 36 preschools to 22 elementary schools in two Finnish towns. Children were tested in respect to their reading,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mathematics Skills, Educational Practices, Academic Achievement
Silven, Maarit; Poskiparta, Elisa; Niemi, Pekka; Voeten, Marinus – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
The course of language acquisition from infancy to public primary school was followed in a sample of 56 Finnish children to examine precursors to reading at first grade. Structural equation modeling of continuity suggested effects from growth in early vocabulary to mastery of inflectional forms at preschool age. The early language directly…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Structural Equation Models, Language Acquisition, Reading Skills
Leppnen, Ulla; Niemi, Pekka; Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Reading Research Quarterly, 2004
This study investigated the trajectories of preschool and first-grade childrens development of reading skills, as well as the cognitive and social antecedents of that development. One-hundred and ninety-six 5- to 6-year-old children were tested in October and April of their preschool year and again in the first grade. Data included measures of…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Reading Skills, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
