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Information Literacy and Digital Literacy
Since the concept of literacy has shifted over the years from basic reading, writing, and speaking practices to a multifaceted skill set that...
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Examining the heterogeneous early literacy profiles of first-grade students who are English learners
This study examined the heterogeneity of early literacy profiles of English learners and non-English learners. Utilizing a latent profile analysis,...
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The different linguistic profiles in Arabic speaking kindergarteners and relation to emergent literacy
Exploring the relationships between different linguistic skills is essential for linguistics and interventional studies on language disorders. This...
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Early literacy in Arabic: the role of SES, home literacy environment, mothers’ early literacy beliefs and estimation of their children’s literacy skills
The study focuses on the beliefs of Arabic-speaking mothers in Israel relating to early literacy, and the relations between their beliefs and their...
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Effects of writing instruction on the reading outcomes of students with literacy difficulties in pre-kindergarten to fifth grade: a meta-analysis
Although writing instruction can positively impact reading for students across grades and levels of literacy, the extent to which these findings...
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Using multimodal approach in teaching literacy to Deaf college students
The research studied the perception of Deaf college students on the use of a multimodal approach in teaching literacy to them. The research used a...
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The Economic Debasement of Literacy: The Misrepresentation and Marketing of “ Financial Literacy ”
I examine in greater detail the persistent promotional claims of “financial literacy” in a new iteration FL4ALL as a combined marketing ploy and...
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Historicizing Literacy and Literacy Studies: Axioms and Lessons
The history of literacy matters. When an implicit appeal is made to history, often a series of dichotomous shifts constitutes the determinative...
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Contributions of school-entry oral language, early literacy skills, and name writing to writing in the first 2 years of school
Early literacy and writing development are inter-related, yet predictors of beginning writing are less well studied than beginning reading. This...
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Supporting multilingual children at-risk of reading failure: impacts of a multilingual structured pedagogy literacy intervention in Kenya
Many children living in linguistically diverse low- and middle-income countries learn to read and write in multiple languages. Recent research...
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Joint book reading, library visits and letter teaching in families: relations to parent education and children’s reading behavior
In line with the Matthew-effect in reading, reading comprehension and leisure time reading tend to be reciprocally related. Whereas prior research...
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Identifying kindergarteners at-risk of writing difficulties based on foundational literacy skills
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the Early Grade Writing Assessment for Kindergarten (EGWA-K), which is grounded in foundational literacy...
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Effectiveness of parent coaching on the literacy skills of Hong Kong Chinese Children with and without dyslexia
Literacy skills are important for children’s development. The present study explored the effectiveness of a parent coaching approach on the reading...
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The New Literacy Studies and the Resurgent Literacy Myth
I assess the rise and partial success of the New Literacy Studies from the 1970s on, and the fact of a resurgent set of literacy myths and a...
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Literacy and the Problem of Linguistic Prejudice
It is necessary to discuss linguistic variation problems and related social prejudice starting from the acquisition of oral language. Everybody...
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Context facilitates the decoding of lexically ambiguous words for adult literacy learners
An estimated one-fifth of adults in the United States possess low literacy skills, which includes minimal proficiency in reading and difficulty...
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Prediction of kindergarten and first-grade reading skills: unique contributions of preschool writing and early-literacy skills
Researchers have argued that writing skills have significant implications for develo** reading skills. A growing body of research has provided...
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Impacts of the COVID-19 disruption on the language and literacy development of monolingual and heritage bilingual children in the United States
Children who speak one language at home and a different language at school may be at higher risk of falling behind in their academic achievement when...
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The Unmaking of Paradise: Literacy as Trojan Horse: Part III
If we can learn to identify how our paradise is being kept hostage by a dependence on colonial approaches to literacy and education, then, it is...
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Gender Disparities in Guaraní Knowledge, Literacy, and Fashion in the Ecological Borderlands of Colonial and Early Nineteenth-Century Paraguay
This essay analyzes the gender disparities in Guaraní education and literacy in the province of Paraguay during the colonial era through the...