Blar i UiS Brage på forfatter "Lundetræ, Kjersti"
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Can children's instructional gameplay activity be used as a predictive indicator of reading skills?
Thomson, Jennifer Marie; Foldnes, Njål; Uppstad, Per Henning; Njå, Morten Bergsten; Solheim, Oddny Judith; Lundetræ, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)For children who may face reading difficulties, early intervention is a societal priority. However, early intervention requires early detection. While much research has approached the issue of identification through measuring ... -
Children with and without Family Risk of Reading Difficulties: Emergent literacy, home literacy environment at onset of formal reading instruction, and literacy skills after two years of schooling
Esmaeeli, Zahra (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2018-06)Having a parent with reading difficulties, known as family risk, puts a child at high risk of impaired emergent literacy before the onset of reading instruction, and later reading difficulties at school. Another line of ... -
Contribution of family risk, emergent literacy and environmental protective factors in children’s reading difficulties at the end of second-grade
Esmaeeli, Zahra; Kyle, Fiona E.; Lundetræ, Kjersti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05)It is well established that emergent literacy is a strong predictor of later reading difficulties, and that the home literacy environment plays an important role in the development of children’s preschool emergent literacy ... -
Country differences in numeracy skills: how do they vary by job characteristics and education levels?
Støren, Liv Anne; Lundetræ, Kjersti; Børing, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12)To what extent do favourable job characteristics contribute to the variation in numeracy skills between countries? Based on theory of maintenance and further development of pre-existing skills, this is explored by applying ... -
Does Introducing the Letters Faster Boost the Development of Children’s Letter Knowledge, Word Reading and Spelling in the First Year of School?
Sunde, Kristin; Furnes, Bjarte Reidar; Lundetræ, Kjersti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05)Learning the relationships between letters and sounds is a key component of early literacy development and a central aim during the first year of school. Introducing one new letter a week is the most common approach in ... -
Does parental educational level predict drop-out from upper secondary school for 16- to 24-year-olds when basic skills are accounted for? A cross country comparison
Lundetræ, Kjersti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-10)Drop-out from upper secondary school is considered a widespread problem, closely connected with youth unemployment. The aim of the current study was to examine whether parents’ level of education predicted drop-out for 16 ... -
Is a faster pace of letter instruction associated with other teaching practices?
Sunde, Kristin; Lundetræ, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The past few years have seen a shift towards a faster pace of letter instruction in Norwegian firstgrade classrooms. Introducing the letters faster has the potential to alter teaching practices more generally, not only by ... -
Når skal varselklokkene ringe? - en undersøkelse av hva som predikerer utfordringer med ordlesing og staving på første trinn.
Søyland, Linda Rangen (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IGIS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-13)Utgangspunktet for studien var tidlig innsats. Det ble undersøkt det er mulig å predikere hvilke elever som står i fare for å havne under bekymringsgrensen på ordlesing og staving på «Kartleggingsprøven i lesing», med ... -
Rhythm production at school entry as a predictor of poor reading and spelling at the end of first grade
Lundetræ, Kjersti; Thomson, Jenny M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-10)Rhythm plays an organisational role in the prosody and phonology of language, and children with literacy difficulties have been found to demonstrate poor rhythmic perception. This study explored whether students’ performance ... -
Screening tests of reading: Time for a rethink?
Walgermo, Bente R.; Uppstad, Per Henning; Lundetræ, Kjersti; Tønnessen, Finn Egil; Solheim, Oddny Judith (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)Som en del av det nasjonale kvalitetsvurderingssystemet for grunnopplæringen (NKVS) i norsk utdanning har vi i dag forskjellige leseprøver med ulike formål og utforminger for bruk i det 13-årige skoleløpet. I denne artikkelen ... -
Språklig mestring, lek og sosial kompetanse hos de yngste barnehagebarna : En studie av variasjon og sammenhenger
Stangeland, Elisabeth Brekke (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2018-04)Three studies were conducted that examined variation in and the relationship between language proficiency, play and social competence at the age of 33 months within the context of Norwegian barnehages (early childhood ... -
Tidlig innsats i begynneropplæringen
Engvall, Marthe Eide (Master thesis, 2022)Denne studien handler om tidlig innsats i begynneropplæringen og formålet var å undersøke læreres egne erfaringer med På sporet i forhold til elevenes læring og motivasjon, samt lærernes faglige utbytte av å bruke opplegget. ... -
What can Parents’ Self-report of Reading Difficulties Tell Us about Their Children’s Emergent Literacy at School Entry?
Esmaeeli, Zahra; Lundetræ, Kjersti; Kyle, Fiona (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Research has linked family risk (FR) of reading difficulties (RD) with children's difficulties in emergent literacy development. This study is the first to apply parents' self-report of RD as a proxy for FR in a large ...