Children learning to read later catch up to children reading earlier

Description:

A comparison of growth in reading abilities between children in New Zealand who received reading instruction at either age 5 or 7, based on two years of data from 287 differently-aged elementary school students in three cohorts, and a cross-sectional sample of 83 middle school-aged children

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Suggate Sebastian; Schaughency Elizabeth; Reese Elaine

Funder(s):

University of Otago; Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)

Country:

New Zealand

Date Issued:

Q1 2013

Journal Title:

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

33-48

Topics:

13. International Child Care & Early Education > 13.1. Single-Country Studies

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness > 1.2.6. Early Literacy

ISSN:

1873-7706

Online

0885-2006

Paper

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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