The present study examines the associations among literacy interest, reader self-concept
and emergent literacy skills at the very start of formal reading instruction in 1171 five-and six …

Learning the relationships between letters and sounds is a key component of early literacy
development and a central aim during the first year of school. Introducing one new letter a …

This study reports on the effectiveness of an early reading intervention, based on current
research on early reading acquisition, and aligned to Norwegian orthography. Thirteen …

Previous studies have documented robust relationships between emergent literacy and later
reading performance. A growing body of research has also reported associations between …

Background Students' writing is being digitised to a different degree across countries,
municipalities, and schools. Yet, knowledge on the effect of digitalisation remains scarce …

Rhythm plays an organisational role in the prosody and phonology of language, and
children with literacy difficulties have been found to demonstrate poor rhythmic perception …

It is well established that emergent literacy is a strong predictor of later reading difficulties,
and that the home literacy environment plays an important role in the development of …

This paper presents a research protocol for a randomized controlled trial investigating
individual and complementary effects of teacher-student ratio and professional development …

Literacy success is co-determined by skill and motivation, with early school success
predicting long term achievement. Despite numerous assessments for early literacy skills …

Skilled handwriting of single letters is associated not only with a neat final product but also
with fluent pen-movement, characterized by a smooth pen-tip velocity profile. Our study …