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Tracy A. Cameron; Jane L. D. Carroll; Mele Taumoepeau; Elizabeth Schaughency – School Psychology, 2024
This study described the growth trajectories of 105 children (n = 55 boys) who had just started primary school in New Zealand (NZ). Children were assessed every fourth school week around 1.5 months after starting school, for five sessions on Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills first sound fluency (FSF), AIMSweb letter sound fluency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Elementary School Students, Learning Trajectories
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Cameron, Tracy A.; Taumoepeau, Mele; Clarke, Kristina; McDowall, Philippa; Schaughency, Elizabeth – School Psychology, 2020
This study describes trajectories of early literacy skill development of 99 children (n = 55 boys) in their first year of primary school in New Zealand (NZ). Children were assessed twice weekly for 8 weeks on Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good & Kaminski, 2011) First Sound Fluency (FSF) and AIMSweb Letter Sound…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Skill Development, Reading Instruction
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Coogan, Margaret – Kairaranga, 2005
Research suggests New Zealand has the biggest gap between its highest and lowest achievers, and this is known as the "long tail". The debate over whole language and phonics approaches to reading is unfinished, but must now focus on where the point of difference lies. While reading involves a range of skills, teachers need to model the…
Descriptors: Cues, Reading Research, Phonics, Reading