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Josman, Naomi; Abdallah, Taisir M.; Engel-Yeger, Batya – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Cognitive performance is essential for children's functioning and may also predict school readiness. The suitability of Western standardized assessments for cognitive performance among children from different cultures needs to be elaborated. This study referred to the existence of differences in cognitive performance between and within children…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cognitive Tests, Occupational Therapy, Standardized Tests
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Hertz-Lazarowitze, Rachel – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2004
Research literature on writing storybooks overlooks first graders. This is puzzling as children enter first grade having emergent literacy, in reading, writing, and story composition. It may reflect the belief that at this age children should learn to read and write (conventionally) as the curriculum demands, while elaborate writing is assumed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Writing (Composition), Literacy Education