Retrospective Longitudinal Comparison of 2nd Grade Pupils with Poor and Good Achievments in Writing Cover Image

Retrospektívne longitudinálne porovnanie žiakov 2. ročníka základnej školy so slabými a dobrými výkonmi v písaní
Retrospective Longitudinal Comparison of 2nd Grade Pupils with Poor and Good Achievments in Writing

Author(s): Martina Zubáková, Marína Mikulajová
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Language acquisition, School education, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Keywords: phonological abilities; phonological awareness; rapid automatized naming; word reading; word writing; longitudinal research;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to describe the development of phonological and literacy skills through a three-year longitudinal study of poor and good writers who were categorized at the end of the research in a orthographic examination. The longitudinal study was divided in five parts: end of kindergarten, beginning and end of 1st grade, beginning and end of 2 grade. From a sample of 211 children we selected, through a spelling tests, pupils with poor spelling abilities (under the 10nd percentile) and pupils with good spelling abilities (above the 50 percentile). Throughout our research a comparative analysis showed that poor writers had statistically significant weaker results in phonological awareness and in reading and spelling words, by the end of 1th grade. The most sensitive diagnostic tool to identify future disability in acquisition in reading and spelling abilities at preschool age is phoneme awareness evaluation.

  • Issue Year: 8/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 41-58
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovak