Titill: | Gender Gaps in Letter-Sound Knowledge Persist Across the First School Year |
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Útgáfa: | 2018-03-08 |
Tungumál: | Enska |
Umfang: | 301 |
Háskóli/Stofnun: | Háskólinn í Reykjavík Reykjavik University |
Svið: | Tækni- og verkfræðideild (HR) School of Science and Engineering (RU) |
Birtist í: | Frontiers in Psychology;9 |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00301 |
Efnisorð: | Letter-sound knowledge; Children; Sex difference in education; Reading (Elementary); Letters; Literacy (Elementary); Börn; Hljóðkerfisvitund; Kynjamunur; Lestrarnám; Læsi; Grunnskólanemar; Íþróttafræði; Sport Science; ; |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1333 |
Tilvitnun:Sigmundsson, H., Dybfest Eriksen, A., Ofteland, G. S., & Haga, M. (2018). Gender Gaps in Letter-Sound Knowledge Persist Across the First School Year. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00301
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Útdráttur:Literacy is the cornerstone of a primary school education and enables the intellectual and social development of young children. Letter-sound knowledge has been identified as critical for developing proficiency in reading. This study explored the development of letter-sound knowledge in relation to gender during the first year of primary school. 485 Norwegian children aged 5-6 years completed assessment of letter-sound knowledge, i.e., uppercase letters-name; uppercase letter-sound; lowercase letters-name; lowercase letter-sound. The children were tested in the beginning, middle, and end of their first school year. The results revealed a clear gender difference in all four variables in favor of the girls which were relatively constant over time. Implications for understanding the role of gender and letter-sound knowledge for later reading performance are discussed.
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