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Enhancing Motivation to Read and Reading Abilities in First Grade
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Nevo, Einat; Vaknin-Nusbaum, Vered – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study examined changes in reading motivation and reading achievement among Hebrew-speaking first graders following an intervention program designed to increase intrinsic reading motivation. The program was delivered by the class teacher and focused on choosing relevant reading materials, providing choices for reading and encouraging social…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Semitic Languages, Prediction
An Examination of Differences in Linguistic and Meta-Linguistic Skills in English (FL) and Hebrew (L1): English Intervention Program for Dyslexic, Poor and Normal Readers
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Feder, Liat; Abu-Rabia, Salim – Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This research examined differences between dyslexic, poor and normal readers who learn in the same educational framework, across various linguistic and meta-linguistic skills in Hebrew as the first language (L1) and English as a foreign language (FL), following an intervention program focusing on English linguistic skills. The participants…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Semitic Languages
The Impact of Assistive Technologies on the Reading Outcomes of College Students with Dyslexia
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Goldfus, Carol; Gotesman, Edith – Educational Technology, 2010
This article describes a study to determine whether assistive technology, specifically text-to-speech software, can be used to help students with dyslexia cope with academic texts in English. Results from the study indicated that the text-to-speech software enhances students' immediate and long-term academic reading performances. A list of…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology
Knowledge about and Preoccupation with Reading Disabilities: A Delicate Balance
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Shany, Michal; Wiener, Judith; Feingold, Liat – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
This study investigated the extent to which children's knowledge about reading disabilities, preoccupation with their own reading disability, and anxiety predicted reading comprehension in fifth and sixth grade children with reading disabilities (N = 85). Participants provided rich and accurate information about reading disabilities and the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Knowledge Level, Disabilities
The Effects of CD-ROM Storybook Reading on Low SES Kindergarteners' Emergent Literacy as a Function of Learning Context
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Shamir, Adina; Korat, Ofra; Barbi, Nili – Computers & Education, 2008
We investigated the effects of a highly rated commercial electronic book (e-book) for young children on kindergarteners' emergent literacy skills within the context of paired peer versus individual use of the e-book. The sample of 110 kindergarteners had a mean age of 5.64 years and approximately equal numbers of boys and girls, randomly chosen…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
Maternal Mediation in Book Reading, Home Literacy Environment, and Children's Emergent Literacy: A Comparison between Two Social Groups
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Korat, Ofra; Klein, Pnina; Segal-Drori, Ora – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2007
The researchers addressed two questions: (1) Does maternal reading mediation and family home literacy environment (HLE) relate to children's emergent literacy (EL) level? and (2) Do the relationships among these variables differ as a function of socioeconomic strata (SES) level. A total of 94 5-6-year-old children, 47 from low SES (LSES) and 47…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Mothers, Emergent Literacy, Reading Strategies