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Peer reviewedOllila, Lloyd O.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
A study examined the value of two different sets of variables as predictors of first-grade writing achievement. A set consisting of six variables measuring cognitive development was found not to predict writing achievement, while another set consisting of seven subtests of the Canadian Readiness Test was found to be a significant predictor.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Download full textDavies, Anne – 1987
The relationships between the understandings children develop while learning the written form of their own names and those developed while learning other words were examined in a study. Twelve children, aged three, four, and five, were selected. The study involved three tasks which examined the subjects' expertise with letters, numbers, and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Handwriting, Literacy
