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Direct linkVanderschantz, Nicholas; Daly, Nicola – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2023
Presentation of text in picturebooks is an under-investigated field that requires consideration in order to support readers and those selecting books for readers. A unique form of picturebook is the bilingual picturebook which presents a story in two languages. The complexities of language readability and legibility are increased in these books,…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Bilingualism, Layout (Publications), Second Languages
Perreau, Maria; Kingsbury, Lynette – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2017
The New Zealand "School Journal" was established in 1907 to provide reading material across the primary school curriculum. Linked to reforms of the school curriculum, the "School Journal" aimed to introduce curriculum content relevant to New Zealand children. With the outbreak of the First World War, however, the School Journal…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Reading Materials, Reading Material Selection
Robertson, Sarah-Jane L.; Reese, Elaine – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2017
This study aimed to examine which genres parents are reading to children and for themselves. Furthermore, it aimed to examine mothers' and fathers' shared reading strategies for different book genres in relation to children's language and literacy development. Parents shared a narrative and an expository book with their preschool-aged children.…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Reading Material Selection, Parents, Language Acquisition
Wright, Vince – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2014
Pirie and Kieren (1989 "For the learning of mathematics", 9(3)7-11, 1992 "Journal of Mathematical Behavior", 11, 243-257, 1994a "Educational Studies in Mathematics", 26, 61-86, 1994b "For the Learning of Mathematics":, 14(1)39-43) created a model (P-K) that describes a dynamic and recursive process by which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy, Comprehension
Download full textNowak, Danuta – Teaching English with Technology, 2013
The present article attempts to show how important and easy it is to use authentic material in the classroom. However, the teacher who copies news reports from the Internet may infringe the copyright law. The article offers a comparative analysis of copyright laws in Common Law countries and the EU countries in relation to fair use. The article…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Copyrights, Internet, Comparative Analysis
Macalister, John – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2008
This paper reports on the inclusion of extensive reading in three separate 12-week courses taught by different teachers on an EAP programme at a New Zealand university. The inclusion of extensive reading was experimental and sought answers to two questions: would students respond positively to the extensive reading component, and how could…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning
Limbrick, Libby; And Others – SET: Research Information for Teachers, 1985
Based on the principle that children learn a great deal from other children, this booklet suggests ways to use the potential of the peer group to help other pupils become better readers. The first section, "Children as Natural Teachers," presents the advantages of using peer tutoring, the eight important components of a successful peer…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching, Reading Difficulties
Elley, Warwick B. – 1975
A simple, new method for determing the readability level of prose passages in reading material for children is described and discussed. The method, which assigns a value to each noun in selected passages on the basis of its frequency level on standard word-frequency charts, correlated highly in a number of studies with independent estimates of the…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Nouns
Peer reviewedAaron, Ira E.; Hutchinson, Sylvia M. – Reading Teacher, 1993
Describes 60 winners and runners-up of major children's book awards from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Great Britain for 1992. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Books, Children, Childrens Literature
Elley, Warwick B.; Croft, Cedric – 1989
This booklet describes and discusses a method for determining the readability level of prose passages in reading materials for children. The method discussed in the booklet assigns a value to each noun in selected passages on the basis of its frequency level on standard word-frequency charts, correlated in a number of studies with independent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Nouns, Prose
