Developing a Comprehensive Model of Risk and Protective Factors That Can Predict Spelling at Age Seven: Findings from a Community Sample of Victorian Children
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| Title: | Developing a Comprehensive Model of Risk and Protective Factors That Can Predict Spelling at Age Seven: Findings from a Community Sample of Victorian Children |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Serry, Tanya Anne, Castles, Anne, Mensah, Fiona K., Bavin, Edith L., Eadie, Patricia, Pezic, Angela, Prior, Margot, Bretherton, Lesley, Reilly, Sheena |
| Source: | Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties. 2015 20(1):83-102. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Spelling, Young Children, Individual Characteristics, Environmental Influences, Tests, Correlation, Reading Skills, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Risk, Mothers, Parent Influence, Longitudinal Studies, Questionnaires, Age Differences, Phonological Awareness, Memory, Verbal Ability, Intelligence Tests, Vocabulary, Regression (Statistics) |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Wide Range Achievement Test |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19404158.2015.1049189 |
| ISSN: | 1940-4158 |
| Abstract: | The paper reports on a study designed to develop a risk model that can best predict single-word spelling in seven-year-old children when they were aged 4 and 5. Test measures, personal characteristics and environmental influences were all considered as variables from a community sample of 971 children. Strong concurrent correlations were found between single-word spelling and single-word reading while expressive language and, to a lesser extent, receptive language were less strongly correlated. Predictors of single-word spelling at ages 4 and 5 were dominated by child-related factors such as letter knowledge, a history of speech impairment and expressive language along with maternal word reading ability. Based on the strength of the predictive factors identified at both age 4 and 5, our results provide initial support for using a targeted model for screening pre-schoolers at risk of not mastering spelling in a timely manner. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 39 |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1075399 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The paper reports on a study designed to develop a risk model that can best predict single-word spelling in seven-year-old children when they were aged 4 and 5. Test measures, personal characteristics and environmental influences were all considered as variables from a community sample of 971 children. Strong concurrent correlations were found between single-word spelling and single-word reading while expressive language and, to a lesser extent, receptive language were less strongly correlated. Predictors of single-word spelling at ages 4 and 5 were dominated by child-related factors such as letter knowledge, a history of speech impairment and expressive language along with maternal word reading ability. Based on the strength of the predictive factors identified at both age 4 and 5, our results provide initial support for using a targeted model for screening pre-schoolers at risk of not mastering spelling in a timely manner. |
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| ISSN: | 1940-4158 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19404158.2015.1049189 |
