Claire McVeigh
Biographic Data
| ID | 5706864 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire McVeigh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | McVeigh |
| SIGNATURE | MCVEIGH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | SEN Literacy Unit Stranmillis University College Belfast Co. Antrim UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Verbal and visuospatial working memory in immersion-educated bilingual children
Working memory (WM) is a recognised component of executive function and has undergone scrutiny in terms of bilingual and monolingual performance comparisons. Research to date, however, has not consistently replicated the presence of bilingual advantage. The present study examined short-term (STM) and WM in immersion-educated children and a matched group of English monolingual controls. One hundred and twenty-one children participated, and differe…
A randomized controlled trial of an early‐intervention, computer‐based literacy program to boost phonological skills in 4‐ to 6‐year‐old children
BACKGROUND: Many school-based interventions are being delivered in the absence of evidence of effectiveness (Snowling & Hulme, 2011, Br. J. Educ. Psychol., 81, 1). AIMS: This study sought to address this oversight by evaluating the effectiveness of the commonly used the Lexia Reading Core5 intervention, with 4- to 6-year-old pupils in Northern Ireland. SAMPLE: A total of 126 primary school pupils in year 1 and year 2 were screened on the Phonolog…
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A randomized controlled trial of an early‐intervention, computer‐based literacy program to boost phonological skills in 4‐ to 6‐year‐old children
BACKGROUND: Many school-based interventions are being delivered in the absence of evidence of effectiveness (Snowling & Hulme, 2011, Br. J. Educ. Psychol., 81, 1). AIMS: This study sought to address this oversight by evaluating the effectiveness of the commonly used the Lexia Reading Core5 intervention, with 4- to 6-year-old pupils in Northern Ireland. SAMPLE: A total of 126 primary school pupils in year 1 and year 2 were screened on the Phonolog…
Verbal and visuospatial working memory in immersion-educated bilingual children
Working memory (WM) is a recognised component of executive function and has undergone scrutiny in terms of bilingual and monolingual performance comparisons. Research to date, however, has not consistently replicated the presence of bilingual advantage. The present study examined short-term (STM) and WM in immersion-educated children and a matched group of English monolingual controls. One hundred and twenty-one children participated, and differe…
Developmental psychology (2 works) · Language Development and Disorders (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (2 works) · Active listening (1 work) · Audiology (1 work) · Clinical Psychology (1 work) · Cognition (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work)