Researchers test two preschoolers» ability to follow drum beats, which
predicts language abilities associated with reading.
Not exact matches
We've followed SFL reading
ability development over several years and studied which cognitive and linguistic tasks are most promising for
predicting literacy skills in several
languages», says Alderson.
Findings will help
language teachers devise more effective strategies for assisting learners and influence the accuracy of tests that
predict SFL reading
abilities.
«If theoretical concepts, membrane models, and cell experiments move closer together and encourage a common
language, we will also improve our
ability to
predict whether the materials we design will achieve their intended purpose.»
In addition, the study found that impairments in executive functioning and
language ability in particular
predicted the severity of depressive symptoms after 12 months.
Results indicated that: (1) individual differences in decoding
ability have little effect on children's reading comprehension, and vice versa; (2) early
language understanding
predicts reading comprehension; (3) emerging knowledge about reading
predicts subsequent decoding
ability; (4) children's early interest in and involvement in literacy
predicts gains in reading and (5) home problems had a negative prediction on reading.
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«This is the first longitudinal evidence of early
language abilities predicting later aspects of anger regulation,» Pamela M. Cole, principal investigator of the study, said in a news release.
When Shannon Pruden and her colleagues tracked the development of 52 babies, the researchers found that early exposure to spatial
language predicted higher spatial
ability later on.