Isabelle Bekeredjian-Ding
Challenges for Clinical Development of Vaccines for Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Infections
Frontiers in immunology
sources individual differences reading achievement investigated longitudinal study 543 children variety individual attributes covering prereading abilities oral language abilities motor skills personality home background measured school entry reading achievement subsequently assessed end kindergarten grade 1 strongest predictors reading achievement tasks tapping phonological processing skills interdigital dexterity familiarity alphabetic code english script collectively individual attributes accounted 63 variance reading achievement end kindergarten 59 end grade 1 short set five predictors offers potentially useful screening test early identification readingdisabled children effect ability composition childs class school also assessed significant abilitycomposition effects obtained accounting 9 kindergarten 6 grade 1 reading achievement variance variance owing individual factors peer ability strong predictor individual reading achievement individual ability children emerging primary school exhibit enormous variation reading achievement within single school possible find children reading several grades grade level children school reading several grades furthermore often substantial differences reading achievement schools source enormous variation achievement focus considerable research last two decades inschool factors school teacher characteristics outofschool factors individual pupil abilities family background investigated general conclusion research outofschool factors far greater wish thank district inspectors principals teachers parents pupils associated schools geelong region research carried particular thanks due barbara matthews bobbie waterman help testing subjects analysis data financial support research provided percy baxter charitable trust deakin university australian research grants scheme