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Age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic patterns in early computer use: A national survey
Calvert, Sandra L., 2005
American Behavioral Scientist, 48(5), 590-607

A study of computer use patterns in children 6 months to 6 years of age focusing on the influences of age, gender, ethnicity, income, parental education, and family structure and the relationship between computer screen time and reading skills

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Assessment and early instruction of preschool children at risk for reading disability
Hindson, Barbara, 2005
Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(4), 687-704

An evaluation of an intervention to detect developmental delays of emergent literacy skills in preschool students, based on a sample of 169 students in Sydney, Australia

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Book reading interactions between African American and Puerto Rican Head Start children and their mothers
Hammer, Carol Scheffner, December 2005
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 5(3), 195-227

An observational study examining and comparing the interaction styles between African American and Puerto Rican mothers and their Head Start children during shared book reading

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A comparative study of small group fluency instruction
Kuhn, Melanie, 2005
Reading Psychology, 26(2), 127-146

A study evaluating the effectiveness of three intervention strategies for developing reading fluency among elementary school children

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Comparing four literacy reform models in high-poverty schools: Patterns of first-grade achievement
Tivnan, Terrence, 2005
Elementary School Journal, 105(5), 419-441

A quasi-experimental evaluation of low income, minority group first graders' literacy achievement and development after participating in one of four early literacy models: Building Essential Literacy, Developing Literacy First, Literacy Collaborative, Success for All

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Contexts for learning to be literate: Some evidence from Greek pre-primary education setting
Kondyli, Marianna, 2005
L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, 5(1), 3-21

An investigation of the relationship between school attendance and literacy development, and the interplay between reading and writing, in preschool settings in Greece

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Contextual and non-contextual knowledge in emergent literacy development: A comparison between children from low SES and middle SES communities
Korat, Ofra, 2005
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(2), 220-238

A study comparing the contextual and non-contextual literacy skills of children from low SES and middle SES communities

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Curricular and instructional influences on early literacy attainment: Evidence from Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore
Li, Hui, 2005
International Journal of Early Years Education, 13(3), 235-253

A longitudinal study of early literacy achievement in young children from Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore, examining how teachers' beliefs and strategies affected the children's achievements

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Descriptive-developmental performance of at-risk preschoolers on early literacy tasks
Justice, Laura M., 2005
Reading Psychology, 26(1), 1-25

A description of findings from the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening: Pre-Kindergarten (PALS-PreK) in Virginia, which evaluated the early literacy achievement of at-risk preschool children

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Different kinds of information affect word learning in the preschool years: The case of part-term learning
Saylor, Megan M., 2005
Child Development, 75(2), 395-408

Two studies of how three types of information (object familiarity, whole-part juxtaposition, and possessive syntax) affect preschool children's learning novel names for parts of objects

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Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS): A tool for evaluating student learning?
Kamii, Constance, 2005
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 20(2), 75-90

A study assessing the usefulness of DIBELS subtests Phonemic Segmentation Fluency and Nonsense Word Fluency for use in the evaluation of an instructional literacy program

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Ecological influences of the home and the child-care center on preschool-age children's literacy development
Weigel, Daniel J., 2005
Reading Research Quarterly, 40(2), 204-233

A longitudinal study that examined the relationship between home literacy environments and the child care literacy environments and their interactions with preschool children's literacy and language development

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The effects of Fast Start reading: A fluency-based home involvement reading program, on the reading achievement of beginning readers
Rasinski, Timothy, April-June 2005
Reading Psychology, 26(2), 109-125

A study of the impact of a parent-tutoring reading program on letter and word identification and reading fluency in 30 first grade students

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The effects of theoretically different instruction and student characteristics on the skills of struggling readers
Mathes, Patricia G., 2005
Reading Research Quarterly, 40(2), 148-182

A study examining the effects of two supplemental interventions on the skills of elementary school children with reading difficulties

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Emerging literacy views and practices: Results from a national survey of Head Start preschool teachers
Hawken, Leanne S., 2005
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 25(4), 232-242

A national survey of Head Start preschool teachers examining their views and practices in regards to early literacy as well as determining the strategies used to promote early literacy skills

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Explaining girls' advantage in kindergarten literacy learning: Do classroom behaviors make a difference?
Ready, Douglas D., 2005
Elementary School Journal, 106(1), 21-38

A study, using data collected from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort of 1998–1999 (ECLS-K), investigating gender differences in kindergarteners' literacy skills, specifically, whether differences in children’s classroom behaviors explained females’ early learning advantage

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Head Start children's transition to kindergarten: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
Pigott, Therese D., 2005
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 3(1), 77-104

An analysis, using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, of the reading and math assessment scores of Head Start children as compared to their same-age peers at kindergarten entry

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The impact of family income on child achievement
Dahl, Gordon B., 2005
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 11279). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

An estimation of the effect of income on children’s achievement in math and reading, using information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

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The impact of including writing materials in early childhood classrooms on the early literacy development of children from low-income families
Clark, Patricia, 2005
Early Child Development and Care, 175(4), 285-301

A study examining how the inclusion of writing materials affects the literacy development of low income preschool children

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Instability of double-deficit subtypes among at-risk first grade readers
Spector, Janet E., 2005
Reading Psychology, 26(3), 285-312

An examination of the temporal stability of double-deficit subtypes in a sample of low-performing first-grade readers who were school-identified as at risk for future reading difficulties

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A model of home learning environment and social risk factors in relation to children's emergent literacy and social outcomes
Foster, Martha A., 2005
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(1), 13-36

An examination of the relationship between home environment and social risk factors and children's early literacy and social functioning

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The national randomized field trial of success for all: Second-year outcomes
Borman, Geoffrey D., 2005
American Educational Research Journal, 42(4), 673-696

Findings from the second year of a three-year study assessing the influence of the Success for All program on children’s development, based on a sample of 3,290 students assessed using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests-Revised (WMTR)

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Native Spanish-speaking children reading in English: Toward a model of comprehension
Proctor, C. Patrick, 2005
Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(2), 246-256

Findings from a test of a research-based structural equation model of second-language English reading comprehension on a sample of 135 fourth-grade bilingual Latino readers whose first language was Spanish

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Pathways to reading: The role of oral language in the transition to reading
NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2005
Developmental Psychology, 41(2), 428-442

A study of the relationship between preschool oral language skills and reading performance in early elementary school, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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Peer-assisted learning strategies: Promoting word recognition, fluency, and reading comprehension in young children
Fuchs, Douglas, 2005
The Journal of Special Education, 39(1), 34-44

An analysis comparing Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) and conventional (non-PALS) instruction in promoting word recognition, fluency, and reading comprehension in young children, specifically in kindergarten and 1st grade

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