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Korat, Ofra; Kozlov-Peretz, Olla; Segal-Drori, Ora – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
The contribution of repeated e-book reading with and without word explanation support and its effect on receptive and expressive word learning among preschoolers was examined. Seventy-eight kindergartners were randomly divided into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received two individual reading sessions of an e-book…
Descriptors: Repetition, Reading Instruction, Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology
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Korat, Ofra; Levin, Iris; Ben-Shabt, Anat; Shneor, Dafna; Bokovza, Limor – Reading Research Quarterly, 2014
We investigated the extent to which a dictionary embedded in an e-book with static or dynamic visuals with and without printed focal words affects word learning. A pretest-posttest design was used to measure gains of expressive words' meaning and their spelling. The participants included 250 Hebrew-speaking second graders from…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Electronic Publishing, Books, Reading
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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
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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
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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