https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:40781 Rs model) of grapheme–phoneme relations. We conducted a two-group, pre/posttest study at two Australian schools across four kindergarten classes (n = 77 students). One school received the intervention, and the other continued with standard teaching. Participants (mean age = 5 years 8.45 months, standard deviation = 4.18 months) at both schools were assessed at baseline, immediately after the eight-week intervention period, and at 12 weeks following the end of the intervention (follow-up). We used linear mixed models to determine the statistical significance of effects over three time intervals. We identified statistically significant Group × Time effects for letter name knowledge and word reading, whereas changes in letter sound knowledge and nonsense word–reading fluency approached statistical significance. These results indicate that a handwriting intervention, incorporating repeated practice in recalling and reproducing letter forms, had a statistically significant impact on early reading skills.]]> Wed 20 Jul 2022 09:39:30 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37475 Wed 13 Jan 2021 17:09:20 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46631 Wed 06 Mar 2024 15:06:05 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49056 Wed 03 May 2023 15:47:03 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:47069 Tue 13 Dec 2022 16:14:30 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:18793 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:51:04 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28097 starting school or the transition to school have become very popular (e.g., New South Wales (NSW) Government Education Website on Transition to School, Early Childhood Intervention Australia (ECIA) NSW Transition to School Resource website or Early Childhood Australia website on the Transition to School). These websites have been created to prescribe the "tips" and provide "solutions" as helpful resources for all parents when it comes to the general concern of "helping" young children start their "big" school journey with positive attitudes for smoother transitions in be(com)ing schoolboys and schoolgirls.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:24:56 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:32328 Mon 23 Sep 2019 13:04:39 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46808 Mon 05 Dec 2022 08:51:43 AEDT ]]>