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Korat, Ofra; Atishkin, Shifra; Segal-Drori, Ora – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
We examined an intervention in kindergarten using an e-book for vocabulary enrichment. In programme (a), the children read the e-book with a dictionary and the teacher's support. In programme (b), the children read the e-book with the dictionary independently. In programme (c), the children read the e-book without a dictionary (control). The…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Electronic Publishing, Kindergarten, Childrens Literature
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Segal-Drori, Ora; Kalmanovich, Liron Ben Haim; Shamir, Adina – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
The aim of the study was to examine the effect of an activity with an educational electronic storybook with math content on the emergent math of kindergarteners at risk for learning disabilities (LD) compared with kindergarteners with typical development (TD). The study included 107 kindergarteners aged 4.6 to 7. Both the participants at risk for…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Books, Mathematics Instruction, At Risk Students
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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; Shamir, Adina; Segal-Drori, Ora – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
In this paper, we present a series of studies performed in the last decade that examined the contribution of e-books reading to the language and literacy of young Hebrew-speaking children. Children worked with two e-books designed by the researchers to achieve this aim. We present the effect of reading these e-books on the language and literacy of…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Socioeconomic Status, Literacy, Language Skills
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Korat, Ofra; Segal-Drori, Ora – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: We present 3 studies that focused on preschoolers' electronic book (e-book) reading in different contexts aimed at supporting children's early literacy. In Study 1 we researched the impact of children's age and number of independent readings on phonological awareness and word reading. We found that all age groups benefited from…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Printed Materials, Books, Emergent Literacy
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Korat, Ofra; Segal-Drori, Ora; Klien, Pnina – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
Emergent literacy (EL) enhancement has been the goal of numerous educational programs for years, especially for children from low socioeconomic statuses (LSES) (Snow, 1994; Whitehurst, Zevebergen, Crone, Schultz, Velting, & Fischel, 1999). During the past decade, technology software, including electronic books (e-books), have become…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Educational Technology, Emergent Literacy, Electronic Publishing