Predicting performance in primary school subjects.
Correlations among letter naming, word reading, letter writing, and visual-motor integration scores at school start in Grade 1 and reading, spelling, and handwriting scores at the end of Grades 2 and 5 obtained in a longitudinal design for 217 boys and 190 girls entering Grade 1 at the age of 7 years are reported. The correlations between letter naming, word reading, and letter writing and reading and spelling in Grades 2 and 5 fall in the ranges .51 < or = r < or = .62 and .43 < or = r < or = .50, respectively (alpha = .01). For all other correlations (r < .40) alpha = .01.
Department of Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway. Ragnheidur.Karlsdottir@svt.ntnu.no
Ragnheidur
R
Karlsdottir
Thorarinn
T
Stefansson
D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology