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Kaefer, Tanya; Neuman, Susan B.; Pinkham, Ashley M. – Reading Psychology, 2015
The goal of the current study is to explore the influence of knowledge on socioeconomic discrepancies in word learning and comprehension. After establishing socioeconomic differences in background knowledge (Study 1), the authors presented children with a storybook that incorporates this knowledge (Study 2). Results indicated that middle-income…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Prior Learning
Neuman, Susan B.; Wong, Kevin M.; Kaefer, Tanya – Grantee Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of digital and non-digital storybooks on low-income preschoolers' oral language comprehension. Employing a within-subject design on 38 four-year-olds from a Head Start program, we compared the effect of medium on preschoolers' target words and comprehension of stories. Four digital…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Story Reading, Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged Youth
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Neuman, Susan B.; Pinkham, Ashley; Kaefer, Tanya – Early Education and Development, 2015
The purpose of this study was to support teachers' child-directed language and student outcomes by enhancing the educative features of an intervention targeted to vocabulary, conceptual development and comprehension. Using a set of design heuristics (Davis & Krajcik, 2005), our goal was to support teachers' professional development within the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum, Faculty Development