Academic Profile : Faculty
Dr O'Brien Beth Ann
Deputy Centre Director, Centre for Research in Child Development, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Principal Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
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Journal Articles (Central)
O'Brien, B.A. (2014). The development of sensitivity to sublexical orthographic constraints: An investigation of positional frequency and consistency using a wordlikeness choice task. Reading Psychology, 35(4), 285-311.
O'Brien, B.A., Van Orden, G.C. & Pennington, B.F. (2013). Do dyslexics misread a ROWS as a ROSE?. Reading & Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 26(3), 381-402.
O'Brien, B.A., Wolf, M., & Lovett, M.W. (2012). A taxometric investigation of developmental dyslexia subtypes. Dyslexia, 18, 16-39.
Kroeger, L.A., Brown, R.D., & O'Brien, B.A. (2012). Connec ting neuroscience, cognitive, and educational theories and research to practice: A review of mathematics intervention programs. Early Education and Development, 23, 37-58.
O'Brien, B.A., Wolf, M., Miller, L.T., Lovett, M.W., & Morris, R. (2011). Orthographic processing efficiency in develop mental dyslexia: An investigation of age and treatment factors at the sublexical level. Annals of Dyslexia, 61(1), 111-135.
O'Brien, B.A., Van Orden, G.C. & Pennington, B.F. (2013). Do dyslexics misread a ROWS as a ROSE?. Reading & Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 26(3), 381-402.
O'Brien, B.A., Wolf, M., & Lovett, M.W. (2012). A taxometric investigation of developmental dyslexia subtypes. Dyslexia, 18, 16-39.
Kroeger, L.A., Brown, R.D., & O'Brien, B.A. (2012). Connec ting neuroscience, cognitive, and educational theories and research to practice: A review of mathematics intervention programs. Early Education and Development, 23, 37-58.
O'Brien, B.A., Wolf, M., Miller, L.T., Lovett, M.W., & Morris, R. (2011). Orthographic processing efficiency in develop mental dyslexia: An investigation of age and treatment factors at the sublexical level. Annals of Dyslexia, 61(1), 111-135.
Journal Articles
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O’Brien, B.A., Ng, S. C., Arshad, N.A. (2020). The structure of Home Literacy Environment and its relation to emergent English literacy skills in the multilingual context of Singapore. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 53, 441-452, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.05.014.
O’Brien, B.A., Habib, M.B., Arshad, N.A., Lim, N.C. (2020). The impact of different writing systems on children’s spelling error profiles: alphabetic, akshara and hanzi cases. Frontiers in Psychology Special Issue: Spelling Across Orthographies. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00870.
O’Brien, B.A., Lim, N.C., Habib, M.B., Arshad, N.A. (2020). Cross-lag analysis of early reading and spelling development for bilinguals learning English and Asian scripts. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 33(7), 1859-1891. DOI: 10.1007/s11145-019-09999-8.
O’Brien, B.A., Mohamed, H.M., Yussof, N.T. & Ng, S. C. (2019). The phonological awareness relation to early reading in English for three groups of simultaneous bilingual children. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 32(4), 909-937. doi: 10.1007/s11145-018-9890-1.
O’Brien, B.A & Wallot, S. (2016). Silent reading fluency and comprehension in bilingual children. Frontiers in Psychology,7,https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01265.
Lim, A., O’Brien, B.A., & Onnis, L. (2023). Orthography-phonology consistency in English: Theory- and data-driven measures and their impact on auditory vs. visual word recognition. Behavior Research Methods, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02094-5.
O’Brien, B.A., Habib, M.B., Arshad, N.A., Lim, N.C. (2020). The impact of different writing systems on children’s spelling error profiles: alphabetic, akshara and hanzi cases. Frontiers in Psychology Special Issue: Spelling Across Orthographies. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00870.
O’Brien, B.A., Lim, N.C., Habib, M.B., Arshad, N.A. (2020). Cross-lag analysis of early reading and spelling development for bilinguals learning English and Asian scripts. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 33(7), 1859-1891. DOI: 10.1007/s11145-019-09999-8.
O’Brien, B.A., Mohamed, H.M., Yussof, N.T. & Ng, S. C. (2019). The phonological awareness relation to early reading in English for three groups of simultaneous bilingual children. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 32(4), 909-937. doi: 10.1007/s11145-018-9890-1.
O’Brien, B.A & Wallot, S. (2016). Silent reading fluency and comprehension in bilingual children. Frontiers in Psychology,7,https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01265.
Lim, A., O’Brien, B.A., & Onnis, L. (2023). Orthography-phonology consistency in English: Theory- and data-driven measures and their impact on auditory vs. visual word recognition. Behavior Research Methods, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02094-5.
Books
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Tan, O.S., Poon, K.K., O’Brien, B.A., Rifkin-Graboi, A. (2022). Early Childhood Development and Education in Singapore. Springer series: Empowering Teaching and Learning through Policies and Practice: Singapore and International Perspectives.
Book Chapters (Central)
Wallot, S., O'Brien, B. A., & Van Orden, G. (2012). Fractal and recurrence analysis of psycholinguistic data. In Libben, G., Jarema, G., & Westbury, C. (Eds.), Methodological and Analytic Frontiers in Lexical Research(PP. 395-430). Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins.
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O’Brien, B.A. & Willenberg, I.A. (2024). Heritage language status, use and maintenance in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts. In W. Han & C. Brebner, (Eds.), Typical and Atypical Language Development in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (pp. 211-233). Routeledge: NY.
O’Brien, B.A & Habib, M.B. (2024). Emergent biliteracy: Spelling development across writing systems and scripts (pp. 333-347). In Y. Ye, T. Inoue, U. Maurer & C. McBride (Eds.), Handbook of Visual-motor skills, Handwriting, and Spelling: Theory, Research, and Practice (pp. 333-347). Routeledge, NY. DOI: 10.4324/9781003284048
Wu C.Y. & O’Brien, B.A. (2024). Brain signatures of reading within different types of learners and across written languages: Evidence and implications for education. Applying the Science of Learning to Education - An insight into the mechanisms that shape learning (pp. 21-54), Springer Nature Series: Singapore.
Habib, M.B., Arshad N.A., & O’Brien, B.A. (2022). Acquiring literacy in the diglossic contexts of Malay and Tamil in Singapore: Problems and prospects in early childhood classrooms (pp. 273-301). In E. Saiegh-Haddad & C. A. McBride (Eds.), Handbook of Literacy in Diglossia and Dialectal Contexts: Psycholinguistic and Educational Perspectives.
O’Brien, B.A., Mansfield, J. S., & Legge, G. E. (2007). The effect of print size on reading speed in dyslexia. In P. L. Cornelissen and C. Singleton (Eds.), Visual Factors in Reading, 117-133. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Wolf, M., & O'Brien, B. (2006). From the Sumerians to images of the reading brain: Insights for reading theory and intervention. In G. D. Rosen (Ed.). The Dyslexic Brain: New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery (pp. 5-20). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
O’Brien, B.A & Habib, M.B. (2024). Emergent biliteracy: Spelling development across writing systems and scripts (pp. 333-347). In Y. Ye, T. Inoue, U. Maurer & C. McBride (Eds.), Handbook of Visual-motor skills, Handwriting, and Spelling: Theory, Research, and Practice (pp. 333-347). Routeledge, NY. DOI: 10.4324/9781003284048
Wu C.Y. & O’Brien, B.A. (2024). Brain signatures of reading within different types of learners and across written languages: Evidence and implications for education. Applying the Science of Learning to Education - An insight into the mechanisms that shape learning (pp. 21-54), Springer Nature Series: Singapore.
Habib, M.B., Arshad N.A., & O’Brien, B.A. (2022). Acquiring literacy in the diglossic contexts of Malay and Tamil in Singapore: Problems and prospects in early childhood classrooms (pp. 273-301). In E. Saiegh-Haddad & C. A. McBride (Eds.), Handbook of Literacy in Diglossia and Dialectal Contexts: Psycholinguistic and Educational Perspectives.
O’Brien, B.A., Mansfield, J. S., & Legge, G. E. (2007). The effect of print size on reading speed in dyslexia. In P. L. Cornelissen and C. Singleton (Eds.), Visual Factors in Reading, 117-133. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Wolf, M., & O'Brien, B. (2006). From the Sumerians to images of the reading brain: Insights for reading theory and intervention. In G. D. Rosen (Ed.). The Dyslexic Brain: New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery (pp. 5-20). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Conference Papers (Central)
Conference Papers
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O’Brien, B.A. & Sun, B. (May, 2024). The Within- and Cross-language Relationships between Oral Language and Reading Skills in Chinese-, Malay- and Tamil-speaking Bilingual Children in Singapore. Symposium for the Redesigning Pedagogy Conference, Singapore.
O’Brien, B.A., Yan, M., & Sun, B. (February, 2024). Predictors of English early literacy for biliterate and biscriptal children. Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA) Conference, Jeju, South Korea.
O'Brien, B.A., Ke, H., Chen, S.H. A., Lim, S.Y. & Styles, S.J. (April, 2021). Modelling aural language skills and reading ability: Preregistered study of bilingual children in Singapore. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).
Lai, G., O'Brien, B.A., & Vijayakumar, P. (April, 2021). Examining the Relationship between Early Bilingual Experiences and Cognitive Development. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).
Habib, M. B., & O’Brien, B. A. (June, 2019). Technology-based tools for literacy: Examining factors of intervention grain size and individual differences. The 7th International Workshop on Advanced Learning Sciences (IWALS). University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
O’Brien, B.A., Yeo, C.L., Wu, C-Y., Liu, H., Chen, S-H.A., Rapp, B., & McCloskey, M. (February, 2019). Effects of script sets on reading profiles of bilingual typical readers. Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA) Conference, Goa, India.
Yeo, M.C.L., Wu, C-Y., Chen, S-H.A., & O'Brien, B.A. (October, 2018). The influence of cross-linguistic characteristics on reading proficiency for bilinguals. Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan.
Lai, G., O’Brien, B.A., Quek, E., Sng W.Q. & Vijayakumar, P. (July, 2018). Examining the effects of early bilingual acquisition on executive control development in early childhood. Child Language Symposium, University of Reading, UK.
O’Brien, B.A., Ong, Q.H. & Habib, M.B. (July, 2018). An examination of spelling stage models with latent classes. Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Brighton, UK.
O’Brien, B.A., Yan, M., & Sun, B. (February, 2024). Predictors of English early literacy for biliterate and biscriptal children. Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA) Conference, Jeju, South Korea.
O'Brien, B.A., Ke, H., Chen, S.H. A., Lim, S.Y. & Styles, S.J. (April, 2021). Modelling aural language skills and reading ability: Preregistered study of bilingual children in Singapore. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).
Lai, G., O'Brien, B.A., & Vijayakumar, P. (April, 2021). Examining the Relationship between Early Bilingual Experiences and Cognitive Development. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).
Habib, M. B., & O’Brien, B. A. (June, 2019). Technology-based tools for literacy: Examining factors of intervention grain size and individual differences. The 7th International Workshop on Advanced Learning Sciences (IWALS). University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
O’Brien, B.A., Yeo, C.L., Wu, C-Y., Liu, H., Chen, S-H.A., Rapp, B., & McCloskey, M. (February, 2019). Effects of script sets on reading profiles of bilingual typical readers. Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA) Conference, Goa, India.
Yeo, M.C.L., Wu, C-Y., Chen, S-H.A., & O'Brien, B.A. (October, 2018). The influence of cross-linguistic characteristics on reading proficiency for bilinguals. Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan.
Lai, G., O’Brien, B.A., Quek, E., Sng W.Q. & Vijayakumar, P. (July, 2018). Examining the effects of early bilingual acquisition on executive control development in early childhood. Child Language Symposium, University of Reading, UK.
O’Brien, B.A., Ong, Q.H. & Habib, M.B. (July, 2018). An examination of spelling stage models with latent classes. Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Brighton, UK.
Keynote Speeches & Editorship of Special Issues (Central)
Keynote Speeches & Editorship of Special Issues
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O’Brien, B.A. (March, 2023). Early biliteracy across different script sets. Keynote Address, Dyslexia Association of Singapore Preschool Seminar, Singapore.
O’Brien, B.A. (October, 2019). Neuroscience and language learning: The brain basis for learning languages and literacy. Keynote speech for the Ministry of Education Mother Tongue Languages Branch Professional Sharing Day, Singapore.
O’Brien, B.A. (October, 2019). Neuroscience and language learning: The brain basis for learning languages and literacy. Keynote speech for the Ministry of Education Mother Tongue Languages Branch Professional Sharing Day, Singapore.
Other Research Outputs/Projects (Central)