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Moll, Kristina; Landerl, Karin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2009
In two studies dissociations between reading and spelling skills were examined. Study 1 reports equally high prevalence rates for isolated deficits in reading (7%) or spelling (6%) in a representative sample (N = 2,029) of German-speaking elementary school children. In Study 2, children with isolated deficits were presented with the same words to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Spelling, Economically Disadvantaged, Phonological Awareness
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Plass, Jan L.; Chun, Dorothy M.; Mayer, Richard E.; Leutner, Detlev – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1998
English-speaking college students (n=103) enrolled in a German course read a German story presented by a computer program which allowed them to choose a verbal or visual (picture or video clip) translation. Students remembered word translations better when they saw both annotations. Implications for a theory of multimedia learning are discussed.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education, German, Higher Education