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"The Snake Raised Its Head": Content Novelty Alters the Reading Performance of Students at Risk for Reading Disabilities and ADHD
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Beike, Suzanne M.; Zentall, Sydney S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of story novelty (active verbs, less familiar characters, vivid adjectives, and surprising story endings) on the reading comprehension of 48 seven- to 11-year-old boys without clinical diagnoses of learning disabilities. The optimal stimulation theory provided the basis of the study, predicting…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension