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Direct linkYalcin, Seher – Research Papers in Education, 2022
This study aims to identify the literacy skills of individuals whose highest level of education was in the field 'teacher training and educational sciences'. The study sample comprised 10,618 individuals in the field of teacher training and educational sciences, selected from 31 countries (participating in the International Adult Skills Assessment…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Skills, Educational Attainment, Adults
Gabrielsen, Egil; Sabatini, John – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This article focuses on low-performing adult readers in the Scandinavian countries, seeking to identify and describe some of the literacy-related problems that they face. Following a presentation of the Reading Components Assessment (RCA) used in PIAAC (Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies), we provide profiles for those…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Low Achievement, Adults, Reading Skills
Herkner, Birgitta; Westling Allodi, Mara; Ferrer Wreder, Laura; Eninger, Lilianne – Cogent Education, 2021
Language abilities in preschool years, including those measured with letter knowledge, are predictors of reading development in later school years. The aim of this study was to investigate variation in children's language abilities before they started school in relation to gender and neighborhood level socioeconomic status (SES). Schools from…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Language Aptitude, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children
Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics, 2020
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a study of 15-year-old students' performance in reading, mathematics, and science literacy conducted every 3 years. The PISA 2018 results provide a global view of U.S. students' performance compared to their peers in nearly 80 countries and education systems. By design, PISA aims to…
Descriptors: Money Management, Knowledge Level, Consumer Education, Achievement Tests
Johnson, Mats; Fransson, Gunnar; Östlund, Sven; Areskoug, Björn; Gillberg, Christopher – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Previous research has shown positive effects of Omega 3/6 fatty acids in children with inattention and reading difficulties. We aimed to investigate if Omega 3/6 improved reading ability in mainstream schoolchildren. Methods: We performed a 3-month parallel, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial followed by 3-month active…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Reading Skills, Intervention, Elementary School Students
Johansson, Stefan; Strietholt, Rolf; Rosén, Monica; Myrberg, Eva – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether and, if so, how formal teacher competence relates to the relationship between pupil reading achievement and teachers judgements' of pupils' reading achievement. The data come from the Swedish participation in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2001 in Grade 3.…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Skills, Teacher Competencies, Reading Achievement
Johansson, Stefan – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2013
Background: This study explored the credibility of Swedish third-grade students' self-assessments of their reading achievement by relating those assessments to two different criteria--teachers' judgments and students' reading test scores. Student gender and socioeconomic status (SES) were introduced to determine to what extent, if any, these…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Grade 3, Elementary School Students
Lindgren, Eva; Munoz, Carmen – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2013
The project Early Language Learning in Europe (ELLiE) has studied the longitudinal effects of an early foreign language (FL) start in seven European contexts. This article presents a sub-study of ELLiE that investigates the impact of out-of-school factors on learners' listening and reading skills in year four of formal FL instruction. More…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Reading Skills, Longitudinal Studies, Interaction
Zipernovszky, Hanna – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2003
This paper introduces the possibility of comparing Hungarian parish records to Swedish Parish Examination Records from an educational point of view. The focus is on a presentation of one particular document of a Hungarian Catholic priest in a small village from the early 19th century. The record keeps track of the reading and writing skills of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Catholics, Internet
