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Koskinen, Patricia S.; And Others – Spectrum, 1986
The measured effects of captioned television upon the sight vocabulary, comprehension, and oral reading performance of 77 learning disabled students from 4 Maryland schools suggest that both captioned television with sound and conventional television enhance the reading skills of learning disabled students. (7 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedKoskinen, Patricia S.; Blum, Irene H. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Concludes that poor readers benefit from a cooperative strategy that gives them practice toward fluency in a supportive situation. Explains how repeated reading works and offers a strategy for using it. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement
Download full textKoskinen, Patricia S.; And Others – 1993
The addition of captions to television is a technological breakthrough that can be used to enhance the vocabulary and comprehension skills of young readers. Taken together, several studies suggest that captioned television is a motivating medium for below-average readers and bilingual students, and that simultaneous processing (audio/video/text)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedKoskinen, Patricia S.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1988
Suggests that retelling a story or expository text can help less proficient readers improve their reading comprehension. Provides guidelines for the use of retelling in the classroom. (ARH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Listening Comprehension, Oral Language, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedKoskinen, Patricia S.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1993
Argues that captioned video is an innovative and promising approach for improving students' reading comprehension, vocabulary, and motivation. Describes its use in a fourth-grade classroom, and makes suggestions for getting started. (SR)
Descriptors: Captions, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedKoskinen, Patricia S.; And Others – Reading World, 1985
Describes two programs that involved teachers using closed-captioned television materials to develop skills in the areas of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and oral reading fluency with hearing, remedial readers. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Oral Reading, Program Content, Program Development
Koskinen, Patricia S.; And Others – 1995
This paper describes a school-home reading project that was developed to support culturally and linguistically diverse beginning readers, and offers practical suggestions for starting such a program. First-grade classrooms from 5 Chapter 1 schools in a large suburban school district are participating in the project. Teachers in these classrooms…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedKoskinen, Patricia S.; Blum, Irene H.; Bisson, Stephanie A.; Phillips, Stephanie M.; Creamer, Terry S.; Baker, Tara Kelley – Reading Teacher, 1999
Describes a project in which 16 classroom teachers from seven different schools collaborated with researchers in an extensive investigation of book access and rereading. Discusses enhancing book access in school and at home, and enhanced book access at home with books and audiotapes. Shows how these school/home programs helped young…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
