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The Relation between the Questions Teachers Ask and Children's Language Competence
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van der Wilt, Femke; van der Veen, Chiel; Michaels, Sarah – Journal of Educational Research, 2022
In the present study, it was hypothesized that the proportion of open questions teachers ask during shared book reading would be directly and indirectly (through class aggregated mean length of utterance) related to children's vocabulary and would be directly and indirectly (through class aggregated mean length of children's utterance and…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Reading Strategies, Vocabulary Development, Language Skills
The Effect of Three Interactive Reading Approaches on Language Ability: An Exploratory Study in Early Childhood Education
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van der Wilt, Femke; Boerma, Inouk; van Oers, Bert; van der Veen, Chiel – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
Language ability plays a major role in children's future development. In the present study, the effect of three interactive reading approaches on children's language ability was investigated through a pre-posttest design. Participants were N = 73 children (aged 4-6) from three early childhood education classrooms. Classrooms were assigned to one…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Vocabulary Development, Pretests Posttests, Child Development
Effects of an Inconsistency-Detection Training Aimed at Improving Comprehension Monitoring in Primary School Children
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Wassenburg, Stephanie I.; Bos, Lisanne T.; de Koning, Björn B.; van der Schoot, Menno – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2015
Grounded within the situation model framework, this study investigated the effectiveness of a reading comprehension strategy training aimed at improving children's comprehension monitoring strategies. Sixty-four third and fourth graders received a 4-week training targeted at situation model updating, evaluative and self-regulatory strategies, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reliability, Identification
Long-Term Effects of Strategic Reading Instruction in the Intermediate Elementary Grades
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Droop, Mienke; van Elsäcker, Willy; Voeten, Marinus J. M.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of a program that offered sustained strategic reading instruction on reading abilities of third and fourth graders. The study was conducted among 1,469 children from 40 schools in the Netherlands. Schools were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. Multilevel…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades