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George K. Georgiou

George K. Georgiou

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Psychology

D-Index
52
Citations
9517
World Ranking
5034
National Ranking
336

Overview

George K. Georgiou is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and focuses on research primarily within the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields, notably developmental and educational psychology, education, statistics and probability, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics of research covered by George K. Georgiou include:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Writing and Handwriting Education
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments

Several recent publications demonstrate the focus and scope of George K. Georgiou's research contributions. These include:

  • Developmental Relations Between Home Literacy Environment, Reading Interest, and Reading Skills: Evidence From a 3-Year Longitudinal Study, 2021, Child Development
  • Home Literacy Environment and Early Literacy Development Across Languages Varying in Orthographic Consistency, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • PASS theory of intelligence and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review, 2020, Intelligence
  • What mechanism underlies the rapid automatized naming-reading relation?, 2020, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • Is orthographic knowledge a strength or a weakness in individuals with dyslexia? Evidence from a meta-analysis, 2021, Annals of Dyslexia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George K. Georgiou include:

  • Rauno Parrila
  • Tomohiro Inoue
  • Ana Paula Alves Vieira
  • Suzhen Zhang
  • Dalia Martinez

In terms of publication venues, George K. Georgiou has contributed extensively to:

  • Reading and Writing
  • Annals of Dyslexia
  • Scientific Studies of Reading
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science

Best Publications

  • Naming Speed and Reading: From Prediction to Instruction

    John R. Kirby;George K. Georgiou;Rhonda Martinussen;Rauno Parrila

  • Predictors of word decoding and reading fluency across languages varying in orthographic consistency.

    George K. Georgiou;Rauno Parrila;Timothy C. Papadopoulos

  • Examining the effects of home literacy and numeracy environment on early reading and math acquisition

    George Manolitsis;George K. Georgiou;Niki Tziraki

  • Phonological Awareness and Rapid Automatized Naming as Longitudinal Predictors of Reading in Five Alphabetic Orthographies with Varying Degrees of Consistency

    Karin Landerl;H. Harald Freudenthaler;Moritz Heene;Peter F. De Jong

  • Longitudinal predictors of reading and spelling across languages varying in orthographic consistency

    George K. Georgiou;Minna Torppa;George Manolitsis;Heikki Lyytinen

  • Effects of Home Literacy, Parents' Beliefs, and Children's Task-Focused Behavior on Emergent Literacy and Word Reading Skills

    Kathy A. Stephenson;Rauno K. Parrila;George K. Georgiou;John R. Kirby

  • Why is rapid automatized naming related to reading

    George K. Georgiou;Rauno Parrila;Ying Cui;Timothy C. Papadopoulos

  • Investigating the Double-Deficit Hypothesis in Greek: Findings From a Longitudinal Study

    Timothy C. Papadopoulos;George K. Georgiou;Panayiota Kendeou

  • Rapid naming speed and reading across languages that vary in orthographic consistency

    George K. Georgiou;Rauno Parrila;Chen Huei Liao

  • Rapid Naming Components and Their Relationship with Phonological Awareness, Orthographic Knowledge, Speed of Processing, and Different Reading Outcomes.

    George K. Georgiou;Rauno Parrila;John R. Kirby;Kathy Stephenson

  • Revisiting the “Simple View of Reading” in a Group of Children With Poor Reading Comprehension

    George K. Georgiou;J.P. Das;Denyse Hayward

  • Rapid Naming Speed Components and Early Reading Acquisition.

    George K. Georgiou;Rauno Parrila;John Kirby

  • Does writing system influence the associations between phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and reading? A meta-analysis.

    Yufang Ruan;George K. Georgiou;Shuang Song;Yixun Li

  • Examining the Simple View of Reading in a Transparent Orthography: A Longitudinal Study From Kindergarten to Grade 3

    Minna Torppa;George K. Georgiou;Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen;Pekka Niemi

  • RAN Components and Reading Development From Grade 3 to Grade 5: What Underlies Their Relationship?

    George K. Georgiou;Rauno Parrila;John R. Kirby

  • Cross-lagged relationships between home learning environment and academic achievement in Chinese

    Deng Ciping;Gintautas Silinskas;Wei Wei;George K. Georgiou

  • Modeling the relationships of parents' expectations, family's SES, and home literacy environment with emergent literacy skills and word reading in Chinese

    Cuina Liu;George K. Georgiou;George Manolitsis

  • How Well Do Phonological Awareness and Rapid Automatized Naming Correlate With Chinese Reading Accuracy and Fluency? A Meta-Analysis

    Shuang Song;George K. Georgiou;Mengmeng Su;Shu Hua

  • Revisiting the home literacy model of reading development in an orthographically consistent language

    George Manolitsis;George K. Georgiou;Rauno Parrila

  • Development of serial processing in reading and rapid naming.

    Athanassios Protopapas;Angeliki Altani;George K. Georgiou

  • Is rapid automatized naming related to reading and mathematics for the same reason(s)? A follow-up study from kindergarten to Grade 1.

    George K. Georgiou;Niki Tziraki;George Manolitsis;Argyro Fella

  • Examining an Extended Home Literacy Model: The Mediating Roles of Emergent Literacy Skills and Reading Fluency.

    Tomohiro Inoue;George K. Georgiou;Rauno Parrila;John R. Kirby

  • Rapid Naming Speed and Chinese Character Recognition.

    Chen Huei Liao;George K. Georgiou;Rauno Parrila

Frequent Co-Authors

Rauno Parrila
Rauno Parrila Macquarie University
J. P. Das
J. P. Das University of Alberta
John R. Kirby
John R. Kirby Queen's University
Hua Shu
Hua Shu Beijing Normal University
Jari-Erik Nurmi
Jari-Erik Nurmi University of Jyväskylä
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen University of Jyväskylä
Pekka Niemi
Pekka Niemi University of Turku
Anna-Maija Poikkeus
Anna-Maija Poikkeus University of Jyväskylä
Mikko Aro
Mikko Aro University of Jyväskylä
Georgios D. Sideridis
Georgios D. Sideridis Boston Children's Hospital

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