Prof. A.G. Bus, (Jeanet)

Position:
  • Full professor
Expertise:
  • Emergent literacy


Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 3392
E-Mail: bus@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department: Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Orthopedagogiek
Office Address: Pieter de la Court gebouw
Wassenaarseweg 52
2333 AK Leiden
Room number 4A18


Curriculum Vitae

  • Gymnasium ß (1964-1970)
  • MA (1976), University of Amsterdam
  • School psychologist, Advies en BegeleidingsCentrum Amsterdam(1977-1979)
  • Diagnostic qualification, NVO (1979)
  • Assistant professor, University of Groningen (1979-1989)
  • Ph.D (1984), University of Groningen
  • Associate professor, University of Groningen (1989-1990)
  • President of Dutch Reading Association in the Netherlands (1989-1992)
  • Associate professor, Leiden University (1990-)
  • gz-psychologist (2000)
  • (mei 2004-)

Academic Awards

  • Fellow Deutsche Academische Austausch Dienst (1976-1977)
  • Traveling scholarship from Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (1989)
  • Literacy Research Center, University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (US)
  • Post-doc award from Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (2003-2007)
  • International Reading Association’s ‘Computers in Reading Award’

Editorial Boards

  • Tijdschrift voor Onderwijswetenschappen (1985-1990)
  • DSWO-series Ontwikkeling Opvoeding en Onderwijs (1990-1995)
  • Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (1993-2001)
  • Dina Feitelson Research Award Committee, International Reading Association (1996-1998)
  • Journal of School Psychology (1998-2002)
  • Journal of Early Childhood Literacy (2000-)
  • Journal of Educational Psychology (2002-)
  • Journal of Literacy Research (2001-)
  • Reading Research Quarterly (2002-)

Selection of articles, book chapters, books

  • Jansen, G.G.H., & Bus, A.G. (1984). Individual growth patterns in early reading performance. Kwantitatieve methoden, 5, 97-109. 
  • Bus, A.G. (1986). Preparatory reading instruction in kindergarten: some comparative research into methods of auditory and auditory-visual training of phonemic analysis and blending. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 62, 11-24.
  • Jansen, G.G.H., & Bus, A.G. (1987). Individual growth patterns in early reading performance. Methodika, 1, 139-154.
  • Bus, A.G., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (1988). Attachment and early reading: A longitudinal study. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 149, 199-210.
  • Bus, A.G., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (1988). Mother-child interactions, attachment, and emergent literacy: A cross-sectional study. Child Development, 59, 1262-1272.
  • Bus, A.G. (1989). How are recommendations concerning reading and spelling disabilities arrived at and why do experts disagree? Psychology in the Schools, 26, 54-61.
  • Bus, A.G., & Kruizenga, T.H. (1989). Diagnostic problem-solving behavior of expert practitioners in the field of learning disabilities. Journal of School Psychology, 27, 277-287.
  • Bus, A.G. (1990). Early reading acquisition. In P. Reitsma & L. Verhoeven (Eds.), Acquisition of reading in Dutch. A state of the art (p15-28). Dordrecht/New York: Foris.
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bus, A.G. (1990). Parental style and school achievement. In: T.Husen & T.N.Postlethwaite (Eds.), International encyclopedia of Education: Research and studies. Supplementary volume 2 (pp. 466-669). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
  • Bus, A.G., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (1992). Patterns of attachment in frequently and infrequently reading mother-child dyads. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 153, 395-403.
  • Bus, A.G., & Van IJzendoorn, W.J.E. (1992). How are judgments about children with learning problems arrived at by experts? European Review of Applied Psychology, 42, 269-275. 
  • Bus, A.G. (1993). Attachment and emergent literacy. International Journal of Educational Research, 19, 53-62.
  • Bus, A.G., & Both-de Vries, A. (1993). Are Dutch beginning-reading methods attuned to children's natural interest in written language? International Journal of Educational Research, 19, 31-38.
  • Feitelson, D., & Bus, A.G. (1993). Beginning reading instruction. A special issue of the International Journal of Educational Research.
  • Feitelson, D., & Bus, A.G. (1993). Introduction to beginning reading instruction. International Journal of Educational Research, 19, 3-6.
  • Van IJzendoorn, W.J.E., & Bus, A.G. (1993). How valid are experts' prognoses about children with learning problems? Journal of School Psychology, 31, 317-327.
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bus, A.G. (1994). Meta-analytic confirmation of the nonword reading deficit in developmental dyslexia. Reading Research Quarterly, 29, 267-275.
  • Bus, A.G. (1994). The role of social context in emergent literacy. In: E.M.H.Assink (Ed.), Literacy acquisition and social context (pp.9-24). New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
  • Bus, A.G., & van IJzendoorn, M.H. (1995). Mothers reading to their three-year-olds: The role of mother-child attachment security in becoming literate. Reading Research Quarterly, 30, 998-1015.
  • Bus, A.G., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Pellegrini, A.D. (1995). Storybook reading makes for success in learning to read. A meta-analysis on intergenerational transmission of literacy. Review of Educational Research, 65, 1-21.
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Dijkstra, J., & Bus, A.G. (1995). Attachment, intelligence, and language: A meta-analysis. Social Development, 4, 115-128.
  • Bus, A.G., & Sulzby, E. (1996). Becoming literate in a multi-cultural society. In: J Shimron (Ed.), Literacy and Education (p.17-32). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
  • Bus, A.G., & van IJzendoorn, M.H. (1997). Affective dimension of mother-infant picturebook reading. Journal of School Psychology, 35, 47-60.
  • Bus, A.G., Belsky, J., van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Crnic, K. (1997). Attachment, and bookreading patterns: A study of mothers, fathers and their toddlers. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 12, 75-90.
  • Bus, A.G. (1998). Affective dimensions of bookreading. Literacy Development in Young Children, 5, 2-4.
  • Bus, A.G. (1999, in press). Bookreading through the lens of attachment theory. In: L.Verhoeven & C.Snow (eds.), Creating a world of engaged readers. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Bus, A.G., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (1999). Phonological Awareness and Early Reading: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Training Studies. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91, 403-414. 
  • Bus, A.G., Leseman, P.P.M., & Keultjes, P. (2000). Joint book reading across cultures: A comparison of Surinam-Dutch, Turkish-Dutch and Dutch parent-child dyads. Journal of Literacy Research, 32, 53-76.
  • Bus, A.G (2001). Parent-child bookreading through the lens of attachment theory. In: L. Verhoeven & C.Snow (eds.), Creating a world of engaged readers (pp. 39-53). Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Bus, A.G. (2001). Early book reading in the family: A route to literacy. In: S. Neuman & D. Dickinson (Eds.), Handbook o f Early Literacy Research (pp.179-191). New York: Guilford Publications.
  • Bus, A.G., Both-de Vries, A., de Jong, M., Sulzby, E., de Jong, W., & de Jong, E. (2001). Conceptualizations Underlying Prereaders’ Story Writing. (CIERA Report #2-015). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, School of Education, Center for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement. 
  • Bus, A.G., & Roskos, K, (Eds.) (2001). Early literacy at the crossroads: Policy, practice and promise [Special issue]. Journal of School Psychology, 39(5).
  • De Jong, M. T., & Bus, A.G. (2002). Quality of book-reading matters. An experiment with the same book in a regular or electronic format. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94, 145-155.
  • De Jong, T.M., & Bus, A.G. (2003). How well suited are electronic books to supporting literacy?. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 3, 147-164.
  • Levin, I., & Bus, A.G. (2003). How is emergent writing based on drawing? Analyses of children’s products and their sorting by children and mothers. Developmental Psychology. 39, 891-905.
  • Bus, A.G. (2003). Social-emotional requisites for learning to read. In S. Stahl, A. van Kleeck, & E. Bauer (Eds.), Book sharing in families (p.3-16). Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.
  • Bus, A.G., & van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2004). Meta-analysis in reading research. In: N. Duke & M. Mallette (eds.), Literacy research methods (pp. 227-252). Guilford Press.
  • Bus, A.G. (2004). The promise of electronic stories in promoting emergent literacy. LDYC Newsletter, Volume 12 (1), 4-5.
  • De Jong, M.T., & Bus, A.G. (2004). The efficacy of electronic books in fostering kindergarten children’s emergent story understanding. Reading Research Quarterly, 39, 378-393.
  • Bus, A.G., & de Jong, M.T. (2006). Book sharing: A developmentally appropriate way to initiate literacy. In S. Rosenkoetter (ed.), To Read the World: Language and Literacy in the First 3 Years. Washington: Zero-to-three Press.
  • Bus, A.G., de Jong, M.T., & Verhallen, M. J.A.J. (2006). The Promise of Electronic Storybooks: Outcomes of Emergent Literacy Experiments. In M. C. McKenna, L. D. Labbo, & R. D. Kieffer (Eds.), International handbook of literacy and technology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Levin, I., Both–de Vries, A. C., Aram, D., & Bus, A. G. (2005). Writing starts with own name writing: From scribbling to conventional spelling of Israeli and Dutch children. Applied Psycholinguistics.
  • Verhallen, M.J.A.J., Bus, A.G., & de Jong, M.T. (2006). The promise of multimedia stories for kindergarten children at-risk. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98, 410-419.
  • Bus, A.G., & de Jong, M.T. (2006). Relationships in book sharing: A developmentally appropriate way to foster pre-academic growth. In S. Rosenkoetter & J. Knapp-Philo (Eds.), To read the world: Language and literacy in the first 3 years. Washington: Zero-to-three Press.
  • Bus, A.G., de Jong, T.M., & van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2007). Social Aspects in Language and literacy Learning: Progress, problems, and interventions. In B. Spodek & O. Saracho (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on Research in Social Learning in Early Childhood Education (p.243-258).
  • Both-de Vries, A.C., & Bus, A.G. (2008). Name writing: a first step to phonetic writing? Does the name have a special role in understanding the symbolic function of writing? Literacy Learning and Teaching, 12 (2), 37-55.
  • Mol, S.E., Bus, A.G., de Jong, M.T., & Smeets, D.J.H. (2008). An up-date and expansion of a meta-analysis of parent-child book reading. Early Education and Development, 19(1), 7-27.
  • Bus, A. G., & Out, D. (2009). Unraveling genetic and environmental components of early literacy: a twin study. Reading and Writing, 22, 293-306.
  • Bus, A.G., de Jong M.T., & Verhallen, M. J. A. J., & van der Kooy-Hofland, V. A. C. (2009). Design features in living books and their effects on young children’s vocabulary. In S. B. Neuman (Ed.), Educating the Other America: Top Experts Tackle Poverty, Literacy and Achievement in Our Schools, (pp. 263-276).  Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub.
  • Verhallen, M. J. A. J., & Bus, A. G. (2009).  How Literacy Emerges from Living Books in the Digital Era: New Chances for Young Linguistically Disadvantaged Children. In R. Z. Zheng (Ed.), Cognitive Effects of Multimedia Learning (pp. 326-339). New York: IGI Global.
  • Bus, A. G., Verhallen, M. J. A. J., & van der Kooy-Hofland, V. A. C. (2009). Digital Picture storybooks. Better:Evidence-based Education, 1, 16-17.
  • Kegel, C.A.T., Van der Kooy-Hofland, V.A.C. & Bus, A.G. (2009). Improving early phoneme skills with a computer program: Differential effects of regulatory skills. Learning and Individual Differences, 19, 549-554. DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.07.002.
  • Mol, S. E., Bus, A. G., & de Jong, M.T. (2009). Interactive book reading in early education: A tool to stimulate print knowledge as well as oral language. Review of Educational Research, 79, 979-1007.
  • Verhallen, M.J.A.J., & Bus, A.G. (2009). Video storybooks reading as a remedy for vocabulary deficits: Outcomes and processes. Journal for Educational Research Online, 1, 172-196.
  • A. G. Bus & S. B. Neuman (2009, Eds.), Multimedia and Literacy Development Improving Achievement for Young Learners. New York: Routledge Education; Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Bus, A. G., Verhallen, M. J. A. J., & de Jong M.T. (2009). How onscreen storybooks contribute to early literacy. In A. G. Bus & S. B. Neuman (Eds.), Multimedia and Literacy Development Improving Achievement for Young Learners, (pp. 153-167). New York: Routledge Education; Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Bus, A.G., & Both-de Vries, A.C. (2009). It’s all in the name. In: D. Aram & O. Korat (Eds.), , .
  • Both-de Vries, A.C., & Bus, A.G. (2010). The proper name as starting point for basic reading skills. Reading and Writing, 23, 173-187. DOI 10.1007/s11145-008-9158-2.
  • Verhallen, M.J.A.J., & Bus, A.G. (2010). Low-Income Immigrant Pupils Learning Vocabulary through Digital Picture Storybooks. Journal of Educational Psychology, 102, 54-61. DOI: 10.1037/a0017133.
  • Davidse, N., de Jong, M.T., Bus, A.G., Huijbregts, S.C.J., & Swaab, H. (2011). Cognitive and Environmental Predictors of Early Literacy Skills. Reading & Writing. DOI 10.1007/s11145-010-9233-3.
  • Van der Kooy-Hofland, V., Kegel, C., & Bus, A.G. (2011). Evidence-based computer interventions targeting phonological awareness to prevent reading problems in at-risk Young students. In: S. Neuman & D. Dickinson (Eds.), Handbook of Early Literacy Research, Volume 3 (pp 214-227). New York: Guilford Publications.
  • Bus, A.G., VanIJzendoorn, M.H., & Mol, S.E. (2011). Meta-analysis. In Duke, N.K.& Mallette, M.H., Literacy Research Methodologies, Second Edition. Guilford Press.
  • Mol, S. E., & Bus, A. G. (2011). To read or not to read: A meta-analysis of print exposure from infancy to early adulthood. Psychological Bulletin, 137(2), 267-296. doi: 10.1037/a0021890
  • Kegel, C. A. T., Bus, A. G., & Van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2011). Differential susceptibility in early literacy instruction through computer games: The role of the Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene (DRD4). Mind, Brain, and Education, 5, 71-78.
  • Verhallen, M.J.A.J., & Bus, A.G. (in press). Young second language learners’ visual attention to illustrations in storybooks. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy.
  • Bus, A.G., Leseman, P.P.M., & Neuman, S.B. (in press). Methods for Preventing Early Academic Difficulties. In: S. Graham, A.G. Bus, S. Major, & L. Swanson (eds.), APA Handbook of Educational Psychology: Application of Educational Psychology to Learning and Teaching, Volume 3.
  • Van Dijken, M., Bus, A.G., & de Jong, M.T. (in press). Open Access to Living Books on Internet: A New Chance to Bridge the Linguistic Gap for At-Risk Preschoolers? European Journal of Special Needs Education
  • Kegel, C. A. T., van & Bus, A. G. (in press). Feedback as a pivotal quality of a Web-based early literacy computer program. Journal of Educational Psychology.
  • Van der Kooy - Hofland, V. A. C., Bus, A. G., & Roskos, K. A. (in press). Effects of a brief but intensive remedial computer intervention in a sub-sample of kindergartners with early literacy delays. Reading and Writing.