Early productive vocabulary predicts academic achievement 10 years later
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Early productive vocabulary predicts academic achievement 10 years later. / Bleses, Dorthe; Makransky, Guido; Dale, Philip S.; Højen, Anders; Ari, Burcak Aktürk.
In: Applied Psycholinguistics, Vol. 37, No. 6, 01.11.2016, p. 1461-1476.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Early productive vocabulary predicts academic achievement 10 years later
AU - Bleses, Dorthe
AU - Makransky, Guido
AU - Dale, Philip S.
AU - Højen, Anders
AU - Ari, Burcak Aktürk
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - We use a longitudinal design to examine associations for a diverse sample of 2,120 Danish 16- to 30-month-old children between early expressive vocabulary and later reading and math outcomes in the sixth grade. Educational outcomes, in particular decoding and reading comprehension, can be predicted from an early vocabulary measure as early as 16 months with effect sizes (in proportion of variance accounted for) comparable to 1 year's mean growth in reading scores. The findings confirm in a relatively large population-based study that late talkers are at risk for low educational attainment because the majority of children experiencing early language delay obtain scores below average in measures of reading in the sixth grade. Low scores have the greatest predictive power, indicating that children with early delays have elevated risk for later reading problems.
AB - We use a longitudinal design to examine associations for a diverse sample of 2,120 Danish 16- to 30-month-old children between early expressive vocabulary and later reading and math outcomes in the sixth grade. Educational outcomes, in particular decoding and reading comprehension, can be predicted from an early vocabulary measure as early as 16 months with effect sizes (in proportion of variance accounted for) comparable to 1 year's mean growth in reading scores. The findings confirm in a relatively large population-based study that late talkers are at risk for low educational attainment because the majority of children experiencing early language delay obtain scores below average in measures of reading in the sixth grade. Low scores have the greatest predictive power, indicating that children with early delays have elevated risk for later reading problems.
U2 - 10.1017/S0142716416000060
DO - 10.1017/S0142716416000060
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84961741414
VL - 37
SP - 1461
EP - 1476
JO - Applied Psycholinguistics
JF - Applied Psycholinguistics
SN - 0142-7164
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 188161426