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Direct linkKorat, Ofra; Levin, Iris; Atishkin, Shifra; Turgeman, Merav – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
We investigated the effects of three facilitators: adults' support, dynamic visual vocabulary support and static visual vocabulary support on vocabulary acquisition in the context of e-book reading. Participants were 144 Israeli Hebrew-speaking preschoolers (aged 4-6) from middle SES neighborhoods. The entire sample read the e-book without a…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Dictionaries, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
Shamir, Adina; Korat, Ofra; Fellah, Renat – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of activity with an educational electronic book (e-book), as compared with adult reading of the printed version of the same book, on the vocabulary, phonological awareness as well as concept about print of preschool children at risk for learning disabilities. The study involved the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Early Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Phonological Awareness
Reading Electronic and Printed Books with and without Adult Instruction: Effects on Emergent Reading
Segal-Drori, Ora; Korat, Ofra; Shamir, Adina; Klein, Pnina S. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2010
The effects of electronic book (e-book) and printed book reading on children's emergent reading with and without adult instruction were investigated. One hundred twenty-eight 5- to 6-year-old kindergarten children from low SES families were randomly assigned to one of four groups (32 children each): (1) independently reading the e-book (EB); (2)…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten
Korat, Ofra; Shamir, Adina – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
We examine the effect of direct and indirect teaching of vocabulary and word reading on pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children following use of an electronic storybook (e-book). The children in each age group were randomly assigned to an intervention group which read the e-book or to a control group which was afforded the regular school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Kindergarten, Reading Instruction
Korat, Ofra; Blau, Hila – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
We investigated the effect of repeated readings of an electronic book (e-book) on pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children from low (n = 127) and middle (n = 120) SES groups. Children were randomly assigned to one of three options: reading an e-book in five sessions, reading an e-book in three sessions, or receiving the regular kindergarten…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Age, Phonological Awareness
Korat, Ofra – Computers & Education, 2010
The effect of reading an electronic storybook (e-book) on Israeli children's language and literacy was examined in kindergarten children (N = 40; age 5:2-6:3) compared to first graders (N = 50; age 6:3-7:4). The children in each age group were randomly assigned to two groups: an intervention group which read the e-book five times and a control…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Kindergarten, Grade 1
