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Direct linkHarlaar, Nicole; Dale, Philip S.; Plomin, Robert – Child Development, 2007
Little is known about the underlying causes and developmental patterns of stability and change in early reading abilities. In a longitudinal study of twins (n=4,291 pairs), individual differences in reading achievement assessed by teachers using U.K. National Curriculum (NC) criteria showed substantial heritabilities at ages 7, 9, and 10 years…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Environmental Influences, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement
Charity, Anne H.; Scarborough, Hollis S.; Griffin, Darion M. – Child Development, 2004
For children whose everyday speech differs greatly from the School English (SE) they encounter in academic materials and settings, it was hypothesized that greater familiarity with SE would be associated with more successful early reading acquisition. Sentence imitation and reading skills of 217 urban African American students in kindergarten…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Early Reading, Reading Achievement, Age Differences
