First Grade to Fifth Grade: A Chaos Analysis

Author(s):  
Belgin Tura
1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon E. Williamson ◽  
Freda Young

Thirty intermediate-grade subjects, who by the Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) criteria demonstrated in basal materials a fifth grade instructional level in reading, used their intuitive knowledge of language, when reading, as effectively as Biemiller and Weber found first-grade subjects using theirs. These subjects' miscues were analyzed according to concepts set forth in the Reading Miscue Inventory (RMI) which are very similar to the ideas used by Biemiller and Weber. Subjects' performances demonstrated that reading behavior is different when reading at the instructional and frustrational levels. When reading at the frustrational level, subjects tended to adhere more closely to the sound and graphic materials represented in the text than when reading at their instructional level. Miscues made at the frustrational level had a higher frequency of having the same grammatical function as that intended in the text than when reading at the instructional level. Grammatical and semantic miscues acceptable to a paragraph or the whole text are more apt to occur at the instructional level of reading. Grammatical and semantic miscues acceptable only in the sentence or phrase in which they occur are produced more often when reading at the frustrational level. The RMI concepts are very powerful for analyzing oral reading errors made within the boundary set by IRI concepts. The concepts in these two techniques should be synthesized.


1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Ialongo ◽  
Gail Edelsohn ◽  
Lisa Werthamer-Larsson ◽  
Lisa Crockett ◽  
Sheppard Kellam

AbstractIn light of putative developmental constraints, some have argued that prior to the middle to late elementary school years children's reports of depressive symptoms represent nothing more than transient developmental phenomena. In an earlier study of an epidemiologically defined sample of first-grade children, self-reported depressive symptoms proved relatively stable and significantly related to adaptive functioning. In the present study, we follow that cohort of first graders longitudinally and assess the prognostic value of self-reports of depressive symptoms in first grade with respect to depressive symptoms and adaptive functioning in the late elementary school years. We also assess whether or not children's reports of depressive symptoms demonstrate greater stability and are more highly associated with adaptive functioning in the middle to late elementary school years. First-grade depressive symptoms were found to have significant prognostic value in terms of levels of depressive symptoms and adaptive functioning in fifth grade, with the strength of prediction varying by gender in the former. Although there was a moderate increase in short-term stability from first to fifth grade, it remained consistently strong across first, fourth, and fifth grades. The magnitude of the relationship between depressive symptoms and adaptive functioning also remained consistent over time. These findings on stability, caseness, and prognostic power attest to the significance of children's self-reports of depressive symptoms in the early as well as the middle to late elementary school years.


1950 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Rolland R. Smith

Readiness for number concepts and number relationships is not so much a matter of chronological age as it is of experience. Of course, the pupil of the fourth or fifth grade can be taught division when it would be impossible to do this with the average first grade pupil. But it is not his age that makes this possible so much as it is the fact that having lived longer he has had time to gain greater experience with numbers. If we could blot out all the number experiences of a ten or eleven year old child, the chances are that he would not be more ready for division than his younger brother.


2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 530-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth M. Casey ◽  
Caitlin McPherran Lombardi ◽  
Amanda Pollock ◽  
Bonnie Fineman ◽  
Elizabeth Pezaris

2004 ◽  
Vol 57 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 159-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Varga ◽  
Dragana Zivkovic ◽  
Dusanka Dobanovacki ◽  
Slobodan Petrovic

Introduction Vesicoureteral reflux, urinary infection and pyelonephritic scarring represent a well known triad in pediatric practice that may lead to severe scarring of kidneys, and development of so called reflux nephropathy. Apart from standard therapeutic options (conservative treatment and surgical therapy), endoscopic correction of refluxing vesicoureteral junction has been introduced into clinical practice. Material and methods This study included endoscopically treated patients with primary vesicoureteral reflux over a 9-year period, as well as certain clinical parameters. Results Endoscopic correction of primary vesicoureteral reflux with teflon paste has been successful in up to 93.5% of patients. After one application vesicoureteral reflux disappeared in 58.8% of cases. After two applications 86.0% of ureters were cured, whereas the third application had no further effect on existing reflux. Improvement with spontaneous regression of reflux was established in 7.5% of treated ureters. Discussion Endoscopic correction should be performed in all patients with third grade vesicoureteral reflux, and in selected patients with second and fourth grade reflux. First grade reflux should be treated conservatively, and fifth grade reflux should be treated surgically. Conclusion Endoscopic treatment of primary vesicoureteral reflux is an easy, simple, fast and safe procedure that prevents regurgitation of urine from bladder to upper parts of the urinary system in most of cases.


2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 266-276
Author(s):  
Sarah R. Powell ◽  
Sally K. Fluhler

To understand mathematics, children must interpret mathematics symbols. In this study, we designed a brief assessment of mathematics symbols for children in the elementary grades. For each of 23 symbols, children identified the symbol, provided the meaning of the symbol, and used the symbol. We assessed 297 children in Grades 1, 3, and 5. Internal consistency reliability was established across grade levels. Results indicated the overall symbol knowledge of children increased across grade levels, and children demonstrated higher scores on questions related to the identification and use of the symbol rather than explaining the meaning of the symbol. Across grades, symbol knowledge was a significant predictor of mathematics computation, although the variance accounted for was greatest in first grade and least in fifth grade.


2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maura Curran

Purpose Elementary school students are expected to participate in science learning settings that place high demands on skill with certain types of grammatical structures, including complex sentences. This research note aims to clarify the types of complex sentences that are evident in a general education science curriculum across the elementary school years in order to assist clinicians and others in better understanding the specific language demands of science learning in the classroom. Method I analyzed all sentences within children's texts and suggested teacher scripting from the first-, third-, and fifth-grade science units of a commonly used general education curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. We determined the frequency and type of complex sentences that were present for each type of material (text, teacher scripts) and grade level. Results Complex sentences are evident in both children's texts and suggested scripting provided to teachers at all grade levels. The rate of complex sentences in children's readings is higher in third- and fifth-grade texts than in first-grade texts. Complement clauses are common throughout, and adverbial and relative clauses are more frequent in third- and fifth-grade texts than in first-grade texts. Conclusions Children are expected to read and listen to complex sentences across the elementary school years. Speech-language pathologists should be aware of the language demands that general education science curricula may pose to students at different ages.


1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 322
Author(s):  
Jeremy Kilpatrick

Testing is on people's minds these days. In Georgia, students face standardized tests or other state-mandated tests every year but one (fifth grade) between kindergarten and 12th grade. Reports have surfaced of large numbers of Georgia kindergarteners who cried because they could nor do the California Achievement Test, which, as of 1988, they must “pass” to be promoted to first grade. Other reports claim that many high school students have become complacent about taking standardized tests because they cannot see what relevance the tests have. Meanwhile, chambers of commerce offer monetary rewards to those teachers whose students' year-end test scores reach arbitrary targets, and real estate agents add thousands of dollar to rhe prices of houses in suburban school districts where Scholastic Aptitude Test score averages exceed those of neighboring districts. School personnel respond to these developments in various ways—instituting test-preparation units or courses, setting aside class periods for intensive review, discouraging ill-prepared students from taking the tests, and “realigning” curricula to fit test content.


1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-114
Author(s):  
Susan B. Empson

It is surprising to learn that first graders know a lot about fractions. That is what two first-grade teachers and the author discovered when they collaborated on a five-week fraction unit. This article describes the highlights of a case study of fractions in a first-grade class then presents some preliminary findings suggesting that third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade children can learn fractions in similar ways.


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