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Mika Paananen; Tuija Aro; Tuire Koponen; Helena Viholainen; Asko Tolvanen; Pilvi Peura; Mikko Aro – Educational Psychology, 2023
Self-regulatory efficacy (SRE) among elementary school children is of interest because pupils' self-regulation capacities and SRE influence in managing learning situations. This study investigated variations in the four sources of SRE and how these variations were related to SRE, reading skills and arithmetic skills. The participants were 1284…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Mastery Learning, Elementary School Students, Metacognition
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Torppa, Minna; Georgiou, George; Salmi, Paula; Eklund, Kenneth; Lyytinen, Heikki – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2012
We examined the double-deficit hypothesis in Finnish. One hundred five Finnish children with high familial risk for dyslexia and 90 children with low family risk were followed from the age of 3 1/2 years until Grade 3. Children's phonological awareness, rapid naming speed, text reading, and spelling were assessed. A deficit in rapid automatized…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Spelling, Phonological Awareness, Reading Rate
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Leppanen, Ulla; Aunola, Kaisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Journal of Research in Reading, 2005
This study investigated the prospective relationships between reading performance and reading habits among Finnish children during the first and second grades of primary school. One hundred and ninety-five children were examined twice during their first primary school year and once during the spring term of Grade 2. The results showed, first, that…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Reading Habits