Development of Reading Skill during Primary School Period in Finland.

Autor/in	Kyostio, O. K.
Titel	Development of Reading Skill during Primary School Period in Finland.
Quelle	(1978), (16 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Basic Skills; Cognitive Development; Educational Research; Elementary Education; Environmental Influences; Foreign Countries; Intelligence; Longitudinal Studies; Reading Research; School Readiness; Skill Development; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Elementarunterricht; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Ausland; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Leseforschung; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Finnland
Abstract	A group of 767 children in Finland were studied over their first six years in school to discover what kind of variation there is in school readiness, what kind of development takes place in these variables during the basic school period, what relationship exists between these variables, to what extent heredity explains the differences, how far the differences depend on structural factors, and how far the variables can be explained by process variables. The children came from four northern and two southern communities, three rural and three urban. They were tested for intelligence, initial reading and mathematical abilities, social status, physical growth, and achievement and personality. Among the results were the following: intelligence and cognitive attainment correlated highly; clear differences in all the basic variables showed up, generally favoring the urban and southern districts; children in the rural northern areas gained most in reading skills, intelligence, and mathematical skills; intelligence was connected with literacy skills from the beginning; by the sixth grade, good readers were less neurotic and social; and the children in the northern areas who started behind the other children caught up by the end of the sixth grade. (TJ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC