Academic Profile : Faculty

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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
Dr O'Brien Beth Ann is the head of Early and Middle Childhood Research,Centre for Research in Child Development (CRCD), OER, National Institute of Education.
Applied Cognitive Development,Bilingual and Biliteracy Development,Children at Risk (Disability),Preschool/Early Childhood Education
 
  • Leisure Reading in Two Languages: Reading Habits and Preferences of Bilingual Children in Singapore
  • Mobile Web App for Preschool Screening of Language Weakness in English and Mandarin (MAPS-LEM)
  • Words in two Languages: Fostering Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten Children through Synchronized Bilingual Reading Programme
  • Biliterate Shared Book Intervention with Disadvantaged Preschoolers
  • Beginning Early: SingaPore's Ongoing Study starting in Infancy of Twenty-first-century-skills, Individual differences, and Variance in the Environment (BE POSITIVE study)
  • A Follow-up of the Singapore Kindergarten Impact Project (SKIP) Cohort in Middle Childhood: Social-Emotional, Physical, Academic Outcomes and Predictors
  • Early Support for Foundational Skills of Preschool Children at Socio-Economic Risk in Singapore
  • Growth in Bilingual & Biliteracy Proficiency: Environmental, Individual & Experiential Factors (GIBBER)
  • Technology-based Tools for Teaching Early Literacy Skills
  • Singapore Kindergarten Impact Project (SKIP)
  • Development of Mother Tongue Language Assessment Tools and SKIP project data finalisation
  • Mandarin eBook App and Singaporean Children's Home Reading Quantity, Quality, and Emergent Literacy Outcomes