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• Longitudinal associations between teacher-child interactions and academic skills in elementary school 

  Pakarinen, Eija; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Salminen, Jenni; Silinskas, Gintautas; Siekkinen, Martti; Nurmi, Jari-Erik (Elsevier Science Inc., 2017)

  This study examined the extent to which the quality of teacher-child interactions assessed in kindergarten (6-year-olds) is associated with children's reading and math development across the elementary school years. The ...

• Development of Numeracy and Literacy Skills in Early Childhood : A Longitudinal Study on the Roles of Home Environment and Familial Risk for Reading and Math Difficulties 

  Salminen, Jenni; Khanolainen, Daria; Koponen, Tuire; Torppa, Minna; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina (Frontiers Media SA, 2021)

  This study examines the direct and indirect effects of home numeracy and literacy environment, and parental factors (parental reading and math difficulties, and parental education) on the development of several early ...

• The role of teacher–child relationships in kindergarten on children’s motivation and reading skills in grade 1 

  Hiltunen, Vilija; Raiziene, Saule; Silinskas, Gintautas (Springer, 2024)

  The main aim of the current study was to investigate the role of teacher–child relationship quality in kindergarten on children’s motivation (interest in reading and task persistence) and reading skills in Grade 1. A total ...

• Home Literacy Activities and Children’s Reading Skills, Independent Reading, and Interest in Literacy Activities From Kindergarten to Grade 2 

  Silinskas, Gintautas; Sénéchal, Monique; Torppa, Minna; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina (Frontiers Media, 2020)

  According to the Home Literacy Model (Sénéchal and LeFevre, 2002, 2014), young children can be exposed to two distinct types of literacy activities at home. First, meaning-related literacy activities are those where print ...

• Classroom interaction and literacy activities in kindergarten : Longitudinal links to grade 1 readers at risk and not at risk of reading difficulties 

  Silinskas, Gintautas; Pakarinen, Eija; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Nurmi, Jari-Erik (Academic Press, 2017)

  The purpose of the present study is to establish how the quality of kindergarten classroom interactions and the frequency of literacy activities affect reading development among Grade 1 children—both those who are at risk ...