Over two decades of Finnish research, monitoring children born with risk for dyslexia has
been carried out in the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia (JLD). Two hundred …

This paper reviews the observations of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia (JLD).
The JLD is a prospective family risk study in which the development of children with familial …

This study examines associations between leisure reading and reading skills in data of
2,525 students followed from age 7 to 16. As a step further from traditional cross‐lagged …

This study aimed to gain better understanding of the associations between literacy activities
at home and long-term language and literacy development. We extended the home literacy …

This study investigates the effectiveness of a digital game—GraphoLearn (GL)—in
supporting second-grade students who have persistent difficulties with acquiring accurate …

The present study examines associations between learning difficulties (LD), academic
emotions, and academic achievement among 845 Grade 6 adolescents (455 girls, 390 …

This paper examined if difficulty in reading comprehension (PISA) is distinct from difficulty in
reading fluency and if the distinct types of reading difficulties are differently associated with …

The present study evaluated the extent to which literacy skills (reading fluency, written
spelling, and reading comprehension), together with nonverbal reasoning, prior knowledge …

The present study examined gender gap in Program for International Student Assessment
(PISA) Reading and mediators of the gender gap in a Finnish sample (n= 1,309). We …

One of the aims for compulsory education is to diminish or alleviate differences in children's
skills existing prior to school entry. However, a growing gender gap in reading development …