The longitudinal project
The Edmond J. Safra longitudinal study has followed almost 2000 Hebrew and Arabic speaking children in Israel from diverse backgrounds. It is the largest study undertaken to date in the country. Developmental data have been collected so far from kindergarten, first-grade, and third-grade children. The data will be collected until the children reach sixth grade.
From third-grade onward, most of the assessment tools are digital and designed as unified developmental assessments by Safra research team. In addition to the information collected directly from the children, parents and teachers also fill out questionnaires that provide supplementary information about the background of the child and his family in various aspects such as developmental-medical, socio-economic, home literacy, language, emotional and academic. Background information is also collected about the teachers of the children participating in the study.
Our goals are (bullets with pictures):
- To create national norms for the measurements developed by Safra team in a variety of domains (reading, math, cognition and emotion), which are still scarce in Israel.
- To lead to detailed theoretical understanding of literacy acquisition in Semitic languages and a unique characterization of children’s developmental trajectories across academic (reading, writing, math), cognitive (attention, perception, executive function), and emotional (self-regulation, academic self-concept) domains.
- To assess learners’ unique profiles accordingly to recommend areas for early prevention of reading, math, and social-emotional difficulties.
Read More about the Edmond J. Safra longitudinal study (bullets with links to descriptions):
- Research teams
- Students Research Papers
- Research tool battery development
- Subsamples
- Longitudinal studies in Education
- Instructional videos
- Summaries of longitudinal research studies currently underway
- Links to presentations