Name-writing proficiency, not length of name, is associated with preschool children's emergent literacy skills     

Puranik CS  Lonigan CJ 《Early childhood research quarterly》2012,27(2):284-294

The goals of this study were twofold: first, to examine whether preschool children's name-writing proficiency differentiated them on other emergent reading and writing tasks, and second, to examine the effect of name length on preschool children's emergent literacy skills including alphabet knowledge and spelling. In study 1, a range of emergent literacy tasks was administered to 296 preschool children aged 4-5 years. The more advanced name writers outperformed the less advanced name writers on all emergent literacy measures. Furthermore, children with longer names did not show superior performance compared to children with shorter names. In study 2, four measures of alphabet knowledge and spelling were administered to 104 preschool children. Once again, the more advanced name writers outperformed the less advanced name writers on the alphabet knowledge and spelling measures. Results indicated that having longer names did not translate into an advantage on the alphabet knowledge and spelling tasks. Name writing proficiency, not length of name appears to be associated with preschool children's developing emergent literacy skills. Name writing reflects knowledge of some letters rather than a broader knowledge of letters that may be needed to support early spelling.  相似文献   

What Is Right About Special Education     

Cynthia R. Chambers  Michael L. Wehmeyer  Yumiko Saito  Kerry M. Lida  Youngsun Lee  Vandana Singh 《Exceptionality》2013,21(1):3-15

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Promoting self-determination has become an important aspect of the educational programs of students with disabilities. There is now a sufficient literature base to support some syntheses that enable researchers to judge their progress in this area to date and to provide direction for future research and practice. For this study, we conducted a literature review of studies that measured or examined global self-determination.  相似文献   

(3) Beyond the city: Library service to children in the northwest territories,Canada     

Patricia L. Smith 《International Information and Library Review》2013,45(3):301-312

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Multiple criteria from a parent's perspective or we all want the best for our children     

Edward Smith  Monique Smith 《Roeper Review》2013,35(2):A6-A8

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Influence of a Methods Course on Teacher Use of Audiovisual Materials     

William R. Smith 《College Teaching》2013,61(2)

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Curriculum change at the local level     

M. P. Smith 《课程研究杂志》2013,45(2):158-162

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The Use of "Team Work" in the Practical Management of Research in the Inter-War Period: John Boyd Orr at the Rowett Research Institute     

Smith D 《Minerva》1999,37(3):259-280

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The effects of training procedures upon the acquisition of conservation of weight     

I D Smith 《Child development》1968,39(2):515-526

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Bilateral arm power imbalance in swim bench exercise to exhaustion     

Potts AD  Charlton JE  Smith HM 《Journal of sports sciences》2002,20(12):975-979

We examined the supposition that swimmers may exhibit an imbalance in bilateral arm power output during simulated swimming exercise. Ten competitive front crawl swimmers (5 males, 5 females; age 20.5+/-2.3 years; height 1.74+/-0.09 m; body mass 72.0+/-16.7 kg; 400 m freestyle swim time 278+/-20.5 s; mean +/- s) performed four incremental (10 W x min(-1)) swim ramp tests on a computer-interfaced biokinetic swim bench ergometer. External power output from each arm was measured continuously to exhaustion. The results showed that, throughout the course of the simulated swim, external power output clearly favoured the left arm (F1,9 = 12.5, P= 0.006). This was especially evident in the final 30 s to exhaustion, when 54.0+/-3.87% of external power output was derived from the left arm versus 46.0+/-3.87% from the right arm. The disparity in external power output was further highlighted when the participants were grouped into unilateral and bilateral breathers. Unilateral breathers (n = 5) produced 57.1+/-2.62% of external power output from the left armversus 42.9+/-2.62% from the right arm (P= 0.001). Bilateral breathers (n = 5) exhibited a more balanced external power output of 51.0+/-1.82% from the left arm and 49.0+/-1.82% from the right arm (P = 0.177). Evidence of power imbalance in the simulated swimming stroke may have important implications for optimizing swim performance. The observed power imbalance may be reduced when a bilateral breathing technique is adopted.  相似文献   

Medical informatics: the Pittsburgh experience     

Smith CA  Detlefsen EG  Tannery NH 《Medical reference services quarterly》2002,21(3):97-105

This column reports the results of a survey conducted of medical librarian participants in medical informatics training at the University of Pittsburgh. This small study was undertaken in order to identify issues in training different kinds of library and information science practitioners in medical informatics.  相似文献