2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
From Knowledge of Hiragana to Literacy Practices in Japanese Children: Functions of Literacy after Acquisition.
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24730657
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Educaion
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| Research Institution | Kagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
ITO Takashi 北海道大学, 教育学研究院, 准教授
TSUNEDA Miho 香川短期大学, 専任講師
MATSUI Gota 香川大学, 教育学部, 准教授
MIHARA Natsuki 島根県雲南市立三刀屋幼稚園, 教諭
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 文字 / 幼児 / リテラシー / 保育 / 絵本 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examined how letter knowledge and the home literacy environment are linked to the literacy practices of Japanese children. Fifty-four kindergarten-aged children (range: 54-83 months) were asked to create short books and describe them to an examiner, to measure their literacy skills. The children’s letter knowledge and the literacy environments at home were assessed via a parental questionnaire.
The results showed that 83.9% children used letters (sentences, phrases, or words) in their books, and 41.9% children could describe their book without the examiner’s help. Although these children knew 50 letters or more, they did not become interested in or begin to write letters earlier than the other children. The results suggest that creating an environment that allows children to gain letter knowledge facilitates the literacy skills of Japanese children.
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| Free Research Field |
発達心理学・教育心理学
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