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• Quranic app practices among multilingual Muslim youth in Denmark 

  Daugaard, Line Møller (Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2019)

  This article sheds light on a set of religious literacy practices which have so far received very little scientific attention, namely ‘quranic app practices’. Quranic app practices are conceptualized as ways of engaging ...

• Finnish Preschool and First-Grade Children's Use of Media at Home 

  Korkemäki, Riitta-Liisa; Dreher, Mariam Jean; Pekkarinen, Asko (University of Jyväskylä, Agora Center, 2012)

  We investigated Finnish children’s use of print and electronic media in the home and their literacy development. Questionnaire data from 857 parents of preschoolers (collected in 2006 and 2007) and first graders (2008) ...

• Early cognitive predictors of PISA reading in children with and without family risk for dyslexia 

  Eklund, Kenneth; Torppa, Minna; Sulkunen, Sari; Niemi, Pekka; Ahonen, Timo (Elsevier, 2018)

  This study examined language skills and pre-literacy skills (phonological awareness, rapid naming, and letter knowledge) before school-age as predictors of PISA reading at age 15 in two groups of children, with (n = 88) ...

• Subjective health literacy among school-aged children 

  Paakkari, Olli; Torppa, Minna; Villberg, Jari; Kannas, Lasse; Paakkari, Leena (Emerald, 2018)

  Purpose The aim of this study was to explore Finnish adolescents’ subjective health literacy (HL) in association to school achievement, learning difficulties, educational aspirations, and family affluence. Design/meth ...

• Fidelity and influencing factors in the Systemic Practice Model of children's social care in Finland 

  Isokuortti, Nanne; Aaltio, Elina (Elsevier, 2020)

  Given that multiple countries have recently adopted social work practice models in children’s services, it is striking that only a few studies have systematically analysed both the level of fidelity and potential implementation ...