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Sign Facilitation in Word Recognition.
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Wauters, Loes N.; Knoors, Harry E. T.; Vervloed, Mathijs P. J.; Aarnoutse, Cor A. J. – Journal of Special Education, 2001
This study examined whether use of sign language would facilitate reading word recognition by 16 deaf children (6- to 1 years-old) in the Netherlands. Results indicated that if words were learned through speech, accompanied by the relevant sign, accuracy of word recognition was greater than if words were learned solely through speech. (Contains…
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness
Using Portfolios: A Way To Improve Performance and Self-Esteem with Poor Readers?
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van der Aalsvoort, G. M.; Verheggen, Marjolein – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2003
This study compared use of portfolios as part of reading and spelling instruction in two Netherlands schools. Subjects were 92 6- to 7-year-olds including 14 poor readers. Quantitative evaluation indicated use of portfolios did not improve reading and spelling or self-esteem. Qualitative findings indicated that reading performance and self-esteem…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Portfolio Assessment, Primary Education
Literary Reading Activities of Good and Weak Students: A Think Aloud Study
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Janssen, Tanja; Braaksma, Martine; Rijlaarsdam, Gert – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2006
In this study we examined how good and weak students of literature interact with short literary stories. We focused on differences in the use of cognitive and affective reading activities, and in the extent to which good and weak students adapt their activities to (parts of) the story they are reading. 19 Dutch tenth-grade students from 8 classes…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Grade 10, Literature, Secondary Education
International Handbook of Literacy and Technology. Volume II
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McKenna, Michael C., Ed.; Labbo, Linda D., Ed.; Kieffer, Ronald D., Ed.; Reinking, David, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006
This "Handbook" provides a comprehensive and international representation of state-of-the art research, theory, and practice related to principal areas in which significant developments are occurring in the study of literacy and technology. It offers a glimpse of the commonalities faced by literacy educators around the world, together…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Software, Internet, Teacher Education