Gender Differences that Affect Emerging Literacy in First Grade Children: The U.S., India, and Taiwan

Gender Differences that Affect Emerging Literacy in First Grade Children: The U.S., India, and Taiwan

Examined sex differences in perceptual and cognitive abilities and in reading skills among 922 first graders in the United States, India, and Taiwan. Found that girls scored significantly higher than boys on reading skills, visual memory, directionality, and ability to track nonsymbolic figures. Urb...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of early childhood 1999, Vol.31 (2), p.9-16
Hauptverfasser: Soderman, Anne K, Chhikara, Sudha, Hsiu-Ching, Chen, Kuo, Elaine
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Child development
Cognitive Ability
Comparative Analysis
Education
Elementary School Students
Emergent Literacy
Foreign Countries
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 5
India
Individualized Instruction
Language Acquisition
Language Skills
Learning
Memory
Primary Education
Reading Achievement
Reading Skills
Rural Urban Differences
Sex Differences
Sexes
Taiwan
United States
Visual Motor Integration Test
Visual Perception
Young Children
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Zusammenfassung:Examined sex differences in perceptual and cognitive abilities and in reading skills among 922 first graders in the United States, India, and Taiwan. Found that girls scored significantly higher than boys on reading skills, visual memory, directionality, and ability to track nonsymbolic figures. Urban children outscored rural children on four measures, with the opposite occurring for one measure. (KB)
ISSN:0020-7187
1878-4658
DOI:10.1007/BF03166892