The neighbourhoods where children live predict their reading skills several years later, according to a new study.
A new study has found that the neighbourhoods which children grow up in influence their reading skills several years later.
The study from the University of British Columbia has found that children who spent the early part of their life in neighbourhoods with higher rates of poverty score less on standardized tests seven years later, when they are in Grade 7.
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"Children's reading comprehension may be set on a negative course early in life if children and their families are living in resource-deprived places."
As part of the study, Lloyd collected Grade 7 Foundation Skills Assessment data for 2,648 urban British Columbia children and socioeconomic data describing the children's residential neighbourhoods at both time points.
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To boost memory power, frequently engaging in mental exercises such as word games, puzzles and reading may help less educated people, say researchers.
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Those who lived in neighbourhoods with a higher socioeconomic status at kindergarten age scored better on the Grade 7 FSA than children who came from poorer neighbourhoods.
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No Assurance That Kids Who Pick Up Reading at Age Five Will be Better Readers
Reading abilities of children who pick up reading at age five may not be better than children who pick up reading later, for instance at age seven, an expert has said.
Reading abilities of children who pick up reading at age five may not be better than children who pick up reading later, for instance at age seven, an expert has said.
The study has been published in this week's journal Health and Place.
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Even when people are not consciously aware of the experience, they can feel synaesthesia- a condition that involves seeing colours when reading words and numbers.
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