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Gissel, Stig T. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2015
This study was undertaken to design, evaluate and refine an eBook-feature that supports students' decoding of unfamiliar text. The feature supports students' independent reading of eBooks with text-to-speech, graded support in the form of syllabification and rhyme analogy, and by dividing the word material into different categories based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Books, Electronic Publishing, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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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