Using Individual Growth And Development Indicators To Track Preschoolers' Early Literacy Development
Graduate Program
School Psychology
Degree Name
Specialist in School Psychology
Semester of Degree Completion
2008
Thesis Director
Christine McCormick
Thesis Committee Member
Assege HaileMariam
Thesis Committee Member
Michael Havey
Abstract
Several studies have recently reported the examination of preschoolers' early literacy kills with the purpose of establishing a trajectory of growth that can be expected by age group, socio-economic factors and developmental levels. The purpose of this study was to examine preschoolers' early literacy development to further understand the developmental timeframes in which children establish early literacy skills. The Individual Orowth and Development Indicators (lODI) were used to track the trajectory of early literacy skills in 6J preschool children over a period of four months from .Tanuary to April. The growth trajectories of the preschool participants from differing socio-economic groups were compared to determine whether or not there was a difference in the development of early literacy skills. The results of this examination did not show significant ditIerences between the Day Care group's scores and the Head Stat1 group's scores. However, these results do lend support to the data trends from previous studies.
Recommended Citation
Pottle, Deborah Cook, "Using Individual Growth And Development Indicators To Track Preschoolers' Early Literacy Development" (2008). Masters Theses. 586.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/586
