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Nichols, Sue – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2007
The last decade has seen, in the policy arena, a broad global push for children to be treated as active participants in society rather than as the passive recipients of adult decisions and interventions. The topic of literacy learning and teaching has, however, been absent from much of the policy and literature on children's social participation.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Ethnography
Nguyen, Nhi – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
Despite significant improvements in the areas of education and employment, the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth remain. Across some indicators--for example, university participation--the gap has actually widened. This is mainly because improvements for non-Indigenous young people have matched or surpassed the gains made by…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Educational Attainment, Numeracy, Young Adults
Samuelsson, Stefan; Olson, Richard; Wadsworth, Sally; Corley, Robin; DeFries, John C.; Willcutt, Erik; Hulslander, Jacqueline; Byrne, Brian – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2007
Genetic and environmental influences on prereading skills in preschool and on early reading and spelling development at the end of kindergarten were compared among samples of identical and fraternal twins from the U.S. (Colorado), Australia, and Scandinavia. Mean comparisons revealed significantly lower preschool print knowledge in Scandinavia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Reading, Reading Instruction, Kindergarten
Byrne, Brian; Olson, Richard K.; Samuelsson, Stefan; Wadsworth, Sally; Corley, Robin; DeFries, John C.; Willcutt, Erik – Journal of Research in Reading, 2006
Prereading and early reading skills of preschool twin children in Australia, Scandinavia and the United States were explored in a genetically sensitive design (max. N=627 preschool pairs and 422 kindergarten pairs). Analyses indicated a strong genetic influence on preschool phonological awareness, rapid naming and verbal memory. Print awareness,…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Emergent Literacy, Twins
Nichols, Susan; Cormack, Phil – English in Australia, 2009
The relationship between home and school is often raised in public discussion about boys' education as an aspect of boys' overall lower achievement in school, and particularly in literacy, relative to girls. A critical review of two influential Australian and one UK government commissioned reports into boys' education sets the scene for our…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Foreign Countries, Males, Gender Differences
Hood, Michelle; Conlon, Elizabeth; Andrews, Glenda – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
In this 3-year longitudinal study, the authors tested and extended M. Senechal and J. Le Fevre's (2002) model of the relationships between preschool home literacy practices and children's literacy and language development. Parent-child reading (Home Literacy Environment Questionnaire plus a children's Title Recognition Test) and parental teaching…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Preschool Children, Parents as Teachers, Family Environment
Torr, Jane – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Research has shown a relationship between mothers' beliefs about literacy, their educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, and their children's emergent literacy awareness. Many Australian Indigenous children experience educational disadvantage, as do children whose parents are manual workers. One recommendation that is frequently made is for…
Descriptors: Mothers, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
Australian Dept. of Education, Canberra. Language Teaching Branch. – 1977
Several articles of interest to teachers of English as a second language (ESL) are included. In "Specific Reading Skills for Secondary and Post-Secondary E.S.L. Learners," Pamela M. Riley provides some ideas for stimulating students to extract meaning from paragraphs. Thelma Grant reviews one region's variety of instructional approaches…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Reading Skills, Second Language Instruction, Testing
Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2010
One of the key requirements of the Common Core State Standards for Reading is that all students must be able to comprehend texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school. By the time they complete the core, students must be able to read and comprehend independently and proficiently the kinds of complex texts commonly found…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Glossaries
Reading Comprehension in Children with Specific Language Impairment: An Examination of Two Subgroups
Kelso, Katrina; Fletcher, Janet; Lee, Penny – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: In reading research, children with specific language impairment (SLI) have tended to be included in groups of children expected to have difficulties with both decoding and reading comprehension (generally poor readers). This is because generally children with specific language impairment display difficulties with phonology as well as…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Syntax, Semantics, Profiles
Beazley, Kim E. – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Comments on literacy data gathered from several surveys and questions whether students are developing sufficient literacy skills. (AEA)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Functional Literacy, Literacy
Elkins, John – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Reports results of a language and learning study carried out in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) that indicated an increase in children's attainment of basic skills. (AEA)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics

Warren, Wendy – English in Australia, 2001
Takes a "snapshot" of a senior Literature class to see how all the participants--including the teacher--developed greater sophistication in their reading skills, while simultaneously cultivating their pleasure and appreciation of more challenging texts. Explores other aspects of the "interpretive community" of the classroom,…
Descriptors: Drama, English Instruction, High Schools, Journal Writing
Au, Agnes; Lovegrove, William – Annals of Dyslexia, 2006
Using normal adult readers, this study examined the relative involvement of magnocellular and parvocellular processes in reading English phonologically regular pseudowords and irregular words presented in isolation and in contiguity from left to right. The data showed that a low temporal frequency visual measure that implied more parvocellular…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, College Students, Visual Discrimination, Visual Perception
Bell, Joyce – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2008
Reading is a complex skill, vital for the postgraduate student. However, many international postgraduate students experience considerable difficulty when applying their reading practices learnt in their own countries. This paper, part of a larger study, aims to provide insights into the reading practices of Indian/Bangladeshi postgraduate students…
Descriptors: Indians, Metacognition, Graduate Students, Foreign Students