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Monica Melby-Lervåg

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Leder SpedAims, Prof. Institutt for Spesialpedagogikk og Prof ll UiTromsø. Twitrer om barns språk, lesing og læring, og noen ganger forskningspolitikk

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@drElsje
Dr Elsje van Bergen
7 months
Thanks! Here with the link to the paper: https://t.co/9wJx7g3oEE @farteinask @lervag @hfsunde @CaroRowland
@HansKoppies
Hans Koppies
8 months
@benwilbrink @primalpoly @paulg THM: "Parental education correlated .31 with children’s school-achievement scores; this correlation was due to substantial genetic (68%) and smaller parental-environmental (12%) and extended-family environmental (20%) contributions" Zie ook tijdlijn @drElsje
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Monica Melby-Lervåg
1 year
I am lucky to be the discussant in a very interesting symposium today at #sssr2024 on syntactic skills and reading comprehension chaired by Mads Poulson, room 202 at 1030 😊 @SSSReading
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Monica Melby-Lervåg
1 year
Looking forward to my talk at #sssr24 about home literacy in low and middle income countries 1440 today in room 202😊 In the session about home language and literacy led by Maria Psyridou @SSSReading
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@cammiemcbride9
@cammiemcbride
1 year
Great to participate in a symposium on teachers, teacher training, and literacy around the world at #sssr2024 today. Talks on teachers in the U.S., Australia, Canada, and Argentina and multiple perspectives. Thank you, @profwool @SSSReading and all!
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@jodidevries
Jodi DeVries
1 year
Gillian West is setting the stage for her talk by reminding us of the importance of oral language. She’s speaking to a crowded room, hosted by @lervag and Maggie Snowling at #SSSR2024.
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@grandegerman
Germán Grande
1 year
Happy with our symposium on the Gene-environment interplay at #SSSR2024 I could not be more grateful for this opportunity. Thanks @lervag @drElsje @cignae Professor Shopie von Stumn @DKhanolainen and to those who listened.
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@drElsje
Dr Elsje van Bergen
1 year
Thanks to all at #BGA2024 for the camaraderie and great science in London! Special thanks to 📸 Our symposium speakers on intergenerational transmission of education 🧬👨‍👩‍👧📚 📸My current and soon-to-be lab members
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@grandegerman
Germán Grande
1 year
Thanks to the first author and friend, Vassiliki Diamanti, my great supervisors @lervag and Arne Lervåg. And an all-time informal supervisor @AthanassiosPro1
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@grandegerman
Germán Grande
1 year
Great news right before #SSSR2024. After much preparation, the first article from my doctoral project has just been published. Preschool Morphological Awareness and Developmental Change in Early Reading Ability
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This longitudinal study examined the contribution of preschool morphological awareness to word reading skills and reading comprehension, as well as to the developmental change of reading ability be...
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@FrickeSilke
Dr Silke Fricke
1 year
Very excited for another full-day School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing & Midwifery PGR conference this year @HCS_Sheffield @sheforthoptics @ShefSNM
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@drElsje
Dr Elsje van Bergen
1 year
I'm so lucky to have our educational genetics lab at the #BGA2024! 📸 Excited to chair a symposium on Intergenerational Transmission of Education with @farteinask @hfsunde @RosaCheesman & @HungryMindLab! Come Friday at 13:30 to the Auditorium.
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@lervag
Monica Melby-Lervåg
1 year
Such a pleasure to serve as opponent at Lille University in France for Matthieu Bignon’s thesis❤️. Big congrats to Matthieu for excellent work, and thanks to Severine Casalis for inviting me.
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@mariapsyridou
Maria Psyridou
1 year
🤩Excited to share our new study in @Nature @SciReports! We've developed machine learning models that predicted upper secondary school dropout as early as the end of primary school. 🔗 https://t.co/EaVJmzJPmy (OA) @MinnaTorppa @KatiVasalampi @fabprezja @JYUedupsy @uniofjyvaskyla
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Scientific Reports - Machine learning predicts upper secondary education dropout as early as the end of primary school
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@drElsje
Dr Elsje van Bergen
2 years
Proud supervisory moment!🎓My PhD student @bernardo_josi won a travel grant from @APH020 with her Pecha Kucha! 💫She’ll go to the @Folkehelseinst to study intergenerational transmission of education with @farteinask @hfsunde. 🇳🇱🇳🇴🇩🇪@GENE_Amsterdam @NTRscience @VU_FGB
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@drElsje
Dr Elsje van Bergen
2 years
ICYMI: New paper in @Nature Mental Health, showing that more years of education may protect from psychiatric problems. Based on N=1.7M and global genetic information. Press: https://t.co/q1P9hivsXr Paper: https://t.co/Zk9azWEOtv Thread:👇 @NTRscience @NaturePortfolio @VU_FGB
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New research from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam suggests that individuals with higher levels of education have a lower risk of psychiatric problems.
@PerlineDemange
Perline Demange
3 years
New preprint! 🎉 Is educational attainment causally associated with mental health? We compare EA and psychiatric diagnoses of 1.7M Dutch siblings, and we check if Mendelian randomization analyses tell us the same story. Spoiler: not always! 😱 https://t.co/lDnRTM7W1q
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@astrid_mjs
Astrid Marie Jorde Sandsør
2 years
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful moms out there trying to balance research, kids and life in general. You're probably managing it all much better than you think! 💪👩‍👦🤸‍♀️🤪👩‍🍼🦸‍♀️
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@SpedAims
SpedAims
2 years
Spenningen er til å ta og føle på når forskerne i #SpedAims gjør de første analysene fra kohortstudien som følger 750 barn fra 4 år og oppover i skolealder. Les mer om SpedAims Kohort her: https://t.co/3TjdMAride
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@SpedAims
SpedAims
2 years
Fredag kl 14:00 på Zoom: En tverrfaglig tilnærming til nevroutvikling med professor @DuncanAstle. Vel møtt! https://t.co/zQ1aEndMCx
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SpedAims inviterer til faglig påfyll med professor Duncan Astle ved University of Cambridge.
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