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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
We report a systematic meta-analytic review of studies comparing reading comprehension and its underlying components (language comprehension, decoding, and phonological awareness) in first- and second-language learners. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background
Knowledge about preschool predictors of later reading comprehension is valuable for several reasons. On a general level, longitudinal studies can aid in generating understanding and causal hypotheses about ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Background: Children with language comprehension difficulties are at risk of educational and social problems, which in turn impede employment prospects in adulthood. However, few randomized trials have examined how such ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Social functioning and reading proficiency are critical for success in school and society. Therefore, identifying children with such problems is important. This study had 2 parts: first, a random sample of 234 elementary ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Elementary Social Behaviour Assessment (ESBA), a teacher-report measure of students’ social skills and academic engagement adapted for use in Norwegian schools. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Sentence repetition tasks are widely used in the diagnosis and assessment of children with language difficulties. This paper seeks to clarify the nature of sentence repetition tasks and their relationship to other language ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Early Numeracy Screener. The Early Numeracy Screener is a teacher-administered, paper-and-pencil test measuring counting skills, numerical relational skills, and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This study investigated an adaptation of the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) measure of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills into a European context for the Norwegian language, which has a more transparent ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Studies have identified concurrent, longitudinal, and bidirectional associations between language difficulties and internalizing problems. This is commonly explained by social exclusion or withdrawal from peers, but ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Oral language is crucial for social interaction and for learning in the classroom; it also provides the foundation for reading comprehension. It follows that children with language difficulties are at high risk of educational ...