TY - JOUR
T1 - Profiles of reading and fluency and spelling skills
T2 - stability and change across the early school years
AU - Risberg, Ann-Katrine
AU - Widlund, Anna
AU - Hellstrand, Heidi
AU - Vataja, Pia
AU - Salmi, Paula
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In this longitudinal study, we examined what kind of profiles of reading fluency and spelling skills could be identified among pupils (N = 467) and how stable these profiles were during the first three years of school. We also investigated how monolingual (Swedish) and simultaneously bilingual (Finnish-Swedish) pupils and gender were distributed within the profiles. Three profiles of reading fluency and spelling skills were found among the pupils through latent profile analysis: low, average, and high performing. Latent transition analysis confirmed stable and identical profiles throughout the first school years. The distributions of monolingual and bilingual pupils and gender were equal in all profiles throughout the grades. These findings have implications on a pragmatic level in school, confirming the importance of early identification and support for low performing pupils.
AB - In this longitudinal study, we examined what kind of profiles of reading fluency and spelling skills could be identified among pupils (N = 467) and how stable these profiles were during the first three years of school. We also investigated how monolingual (Swedish) and simultaneously bilingual (Finnish-Swedish) pupils and gender were distributed within the profiles. Three profiles of reading fluency and spelling skills were found among the pupils through latent profile analysis: low, average, and high performing. Latent transition analysis confirmed stable and identical profiles throughout the first school years. The distributions of monolingual and bilingual pupils and gender were equal in all profiles throughout the grades. These findings have implications on a pragmatic level in school, confirming the importance of early identification and support for low performing pupils.
KW - latent profile analysis
KW - latent transition analysis
KW - longitudinal
KW - reading fluency
KW - spelling skills
KW - stability and change
U2 - 10.1080/00313831.2023.2228822
DO - 10.1080/00313831.2023.2228822
M3 - Article
SN - 0031-3831
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
ER -