Visual—Auditory matching of trigrams in first-grade and third-grade reading achievement

Task performances of 35 first graders were analyzed in relation to their third-grade reading and arithmetic test scores. The visual—auditory (V-A) task, requiring the child to select the correct auditory representation of a visually presented CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant), accounted for 48% of the variance in third-grade reading scores. Arithmetic scores were not significantly related to any task performance.     

新年心愿(英文)

Eric在找自己的读书报告时无意中翻出了全家在新年时列出的新年计划,这时全家才恍然想起自己都没有很好地实践自己的计划。最终大家决定与其等到明年再重新制定新年计划,还不如从现在就开始完成自己未完成的心愿。     

Childhood Maltreatment and Early Developmental Vulnerabilities at Age 5 Years

This study examined associations between maltreatment and early developmental vulnerabilities in a population sample of 68,459 children (M_age = 5.62 years, SD = .37) drawn from the Australian state of New South Wales, using linked administrative data for the children and their parents (collected 2001–2009). Associations were estimated between (a) any maltreatment, (b) the number of maltreatment types, and (c) the timing of first reported maltreatment and vulnerability and risk status on multiple developmental domains (i.e., physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and communication). Pervasive associations were revealed between maltreatment and all developmental domains; children exposed to two or more maltreatment types, and with first maltreatment reported after 3 years of age, showed greater likelihood of vulnerability on multiple domains, relative to nonmaltreated children.     

Variables in Eliciting Writing Samples

What is the impact on students' writing samples of such factors as prompt features, prewriting activities, time limits, and examiner practices? How can these variables be systematically reported?     

Abandonment: The new realism of the eighties

She is the author ofThey Wrote for Children Too (Greenwood Press, 1989),Elizabeth George Speare (Twayne, 1992), and has co-authoredNonsense Literature for Children (Library Professional Publications, 1989) with Celia Catlett Anderson.