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Manjula Prabhu; Prabhu Shwetha; Haralakatta Shivananjappa Somashekara – Reading Psychology, 2024
The role of phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge in learning to read is well established in mono-lingual English speakers. However, it is under explored in the context of English Language Learners (ELL), especially in regions like India where the native language differs phonologically and orthographically from the target literate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Grade 1
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Fives, Allyn – Reading Psychology, 2016
The current article examines what factors explained the success of a reading program delivered by older adult volunteers to at-risk early readers. The article also examines the direction of the relationship over time (both direct and mediated) between reading achievement, frequency of reading at home, and academic self-beliefs. Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Early Reading
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Amendum, Steven J.; Li, Yongmei; Hall, Leigh A.; Fitzgerald, Jill; Creamer, Kimberly H.; Head-Reeves, Darlene M.; Hollingsworth, Heidi L. – Reading Psychology, 2009
Five reading lesson instruction characteristics were examined in relation to first and second graders' end-of-year instructional reading level: (a) teacher's preferred interaction style (indicated by extent of teacher telling and coaching); (b) teacher's preferred grouping (indicated by extent of whole class and small group instruction); (c)…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Early Reading, Reading Achievement
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Reutzek, D. Ray; Hollingsworth, Paul M. – Reading Psychology, 1991
Determines the potential benefits of using literature webbing in books with predictable narratives. Finds webbing to be an effective means for improving comprehension, reading ability, and story structure knowledge. (RS)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Grade 1, Primary Education, Reading Ability
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Zucchermaglio, Cristina; And Others – Reading Psychology, 1986
Concludes that, at the beginning of their school careers, children are quite different as far as reading and writing are concerned, and that there are certain universal prerequisites to reading and writing that may be termed "metalinguistic skills." (FL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Family Influence, Foreign Countries, Grade 1