Program

Abstract

12:30 1. Philip B. Gough University of Texas at Austin Phonemic awareness as a predictor of reading achievement 12:45 2. Pieter Reitsma, & R. Wesseling Paedologisch Institut -VU Amsterdam Precursors to phonological awareness 1:00 3. Carsten Elbro, Ina Beining Borstrom & Dorthe Klint Peterson University of Copenhagen The roots of phoneme awareness: prediction of gains in phoneme awareness in trained and untrained kindergartners 1:15 4. Deborah L. Speece, David H. Cooper & Froma P. Roth University of Maryland Accounting for growth in early reading and phonological awareness: Analysis of the contributions of oral language 1:30 5. Barbara Foorman, David J. Francis, Jack Fletcher, Christopher Schatschneider & Colleen Calson University of Texas and University of Houston Manipulating phonological awareness within kindergarten programs that vary in explicitness of code instruction 1:45 6. Rhona Johnston & Joyce Watson University of St. Andrews The role of letter knowledge in developing reading, spelling and phonemic awareness skills in 5 yr olds 2:00 7. Jane Oakhill & Fiona Kyle University of Sussex The relation between phonological awareness and working memory 2:15 8. Frederick J. Morrison, Megan Williams, & Greta Massetti Loyola University Chicago The contributions of IQ and schooling to academic achievement