Pekka Niemi
PhD
peknie@utu.fi Assistentinkatu 7 Turku Office: 242 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3277-8787 |
Biography
Please see the attached short CV.
Research
Beginning reading and its difficulties, particularly so-called "treatment resisters" who despite ample help show very slow progress in their reading career.
Publications
- Främjar språklekar i förskolan riskbarnens läsförståelse nio år senare? (2023)
- Läs- och skrivsvårigheter och Dyslexi
(E1 Popularised article) - Reading Development from Kindergarten to Age 18: The Role of Gender and Parental Education (2023)
- Reading Research Quarterly
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Development of silent reading fluency and reading comprehension across grades 1 to 9: unidirectional or bidirectional effects between the two skills? (2022)
- Reading and Writing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Long-term effects of the home literacy environment on reading development: Familial risk for dyslexia as a moderator (2022)
- Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kindergarten pre-reading skills predict Grade 9 reading comprehension (PISA Reading) but fail to explain gender difference (2021)
- Reading and Writing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kirjojen lukeminen tukee luetun ymmärtämisen kehitystä (2021)
- NMI-Bulletin
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Longitudinal associations between poor reading skills, bullying and victimization across the transition from elementary to middle school (2021)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Rohkea ja utelias. Turun yliopiston psykologian laitos 1922-2022 (2021) Niemi Pekka
(E2 Popularised book ) - Leisure Reading (But Not Any Kind) and Reading Comprehension Support Each Other-A Longitudinal Study Across Grades 1 and 9. (2020)
- Child Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Leisure reading (but not any kind) promotes reading comprehension – A longitudinal study in grades 1 to 9 (2020)
- Child Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



