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Mothers' causal attributions concerning the reading achievement of their children with and without familial risk for dyslexia.
J Learn Disabil. 2008 May-Jun;41(3):274-85
Authors: Natale K, Aunola K, Nurmi JE, Poikkeus AM, Lyytinen P, Lyytinen H
The present study analyzed data from the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia to investigate the factors to which mothers of children with and without familial risk for dyslexia attribute the causes of their first-grade children's reading achievement. Mothers' causal attributions were assessed three times during their children's first school year. Children's verbal intelligence was assessed at 5 years and their word and nonword reading skills at 6.5 years. The results showed that the higher the word reading skills the children had, the more their mothers attributed their success to ability than to effort. However, if children had familial risk for dyslexia, their mothers' attribution of success to ability decreased during the first grade as compared with the ability attributions of mothers whose children were in the control group.
PMID: 18434293 [PubMed - in process]
(Source: Journal of Learning Disabilities)
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Running out of space for books in your house? Our new issue of ReadyMade has a feature on prefab "retreats" - tiny little buildings you can make and then escape to when the mood strikes. Here's one created by Modern Shed for an animator's vast collection of art books and as a home office away from the kids.Don't know why I'm so obsessed with these book environments, but I am. (Source: Gargoyles loose in the library)
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My school library is filled with children's books, but I am constantly discovering new ones. I recently read The Attack of the Frozen Woodchucks by Dan Elish.Imagine walking through Central Park and meeting a woodchuck. Anything is possible in New York City and in this story Woodchunks kidnap Jimmy's dad. This leads Jimmy and his friend William H. Taft (the great, great, great great nephew of President Taft) on a big adventure. When the police don't take their story for real William decides to try out his space craft invention to help save Jimmy's Dad. The cart does not make it far before it makes a crash landing. They then realise they need help and there is only one person they can ask. This is when they seek the help of an outlandish girl scientist named Janice.Janice magically transforms her rusty attic into a spaceship called The Fifth Floor. Traveling abroad The Fifth Floor makes the reader feels like they are on board the ship. It is definately a wild ride through many imaginary planets being attacked by woodchucks. Janice's father and sister had a little excitement to the story as well.This is definately a story for those with a wild imagination. However, that's not too hard for New York City children. This book reminds me of the Pee Wee Tales by Johanna Hurwitz. In this story series a guiena pig and squirrel strike up a friendship in Central Park. Surprisingly the year I read this my classroom window became the home to squirrels.I am already having imaginary thoughts about The Fifth Floor. I do live in a Fourth Floor apartment, which is the top floor of the building so you never know.Check out the writer's website at http://www.danelish.com/.Special thank you to mother talk http://mother-talk.com/ for choosing this blog for the Attack of the Frozen Woodchucks Tour. (Source: MISS O's SCHOOL LIBRARY)
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Does entering college around the age of 13 cause kids to miss out on the normal childhood activities? Are these young gifted children cheated out of something that other kids get to experience?
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Learning to read involves discipline and support from caring adults. There are four aspects to discipline that can be mastered by most ten year olds. Understanding the value of discipline can be taught to children and sets them up to take responsibility for success or failure in life.
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Learning to read involves discipline and support from caring adults. There are four aspects to discipline that can be mastered by most ten year olds. Understanding the value of discipline can be taught to children and sets them up to take responsibility for success or failure in life.
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Find out why you should really consider homeschooling your children instead of sending them to traditional school. You may be shocked by the details in this report.
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Whether it's your little preschooler whose just starting to read, or your teenager son on his way to college, you want to be sure they learn to love their education and become self-directed learners. Both of them have been endued with a remarkable capacity of learning virtually anything they propose themselves to. Nevertheless, their attitude towards learning will depend on their mentors and the teaching methods they use. That is why it is of vital importance that parents understand the difference between teaching skills and teaching content. And they can kill their child's motivation if they don't.
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Homeschooling your children is something many parents have questions about. This article poses some questions and answers about whether homeschool is right for you.
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