Search results for " Reading"

Cognitive Load and Learning in the Study of Multiple Documents

2018

This study had two main purposes. First, to test how the availability of documents in multiple document reading might affect students’ levels of cognitive load. Secondly, to develop an instrument that captures the different sources of load when working with multiple documents. A total of 125 secondary school students read four short texts on transgenic foods and subsequently responded to an open-ended question that required them to write an essay expressing their personal stance towards the topic. Participants in the experimental treatment condition (n = 54) were allowed to go back to the texts any time during the essay task, whereas their peers in the control condition (n = 71) were not al…

Towards a more efficient EFL reading comprehension classroom environment : The role of content and critical reading

2013

Traditional reading comprehension methods background the sometimes controversial content of texts in the interest of ‘ensuring comprehension’ via dealing with language points. According to Wallace (1992), EFL learners are often marginalized as readers; their goals in interacting with written texts are perceived to be primarily those of language learners. This study explores how a change in teaching approach via a CDA framework along with a change in reading content affects the EFL students’ perceptions of their reading comprehension classroom environment. Through a one-group pretest posttest design, the What Is Happening In This Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire was distributed twice among 41 (F…

Students evaluating Internet sources – From versatile evaluators to uncritical readers

2008

The Internet is a significant information resource for students due to the ease of access it allows to a vast amount of information. As the quality of the information on the Internet varies, it is important that students are able to evaluate such information critically. The aim of the study was to investigate how students evaluate Internet sources in an authentic learning task. Upper secondary school students ( n = 25) were asked to look for source material on the Internet in order to write an essay. They were asked to verbalize their thoughts during the material gathering process. Their verbalizations and actions on the Internet were recorded and analyzed. The five evaluation profiles eme…

READ-COGvid: A Database From Reading and Media Habits During COVID-19 Confinement in Spain and Italy

2020

Teaching master's degree students to read research literature

2017

The skill to read research literature critically belongs in every university graduate’s toolbox. I have attempted to teach this skill in a master’s degree level course in programming languages over 15 years using, at various times, simulated conferences, voluntary reading exercises, evidence-based practice training, and a flipped classroom with mandatory reading assignments. I discuss my experience and analyze preliminary qualitative data on the use of evidence-based practice and a flipped classroom for this purpose. I present no firm conclusions, but expect that future work (by me or others) will be able to use my experience as a baseline for better teaching of research literature reading.…

ESERCIZI DI LETTURA E DI SCRITTURA. Sviluppo di abilità di pensiero critico nella scuola primaria

2019

Esiste un consenso generalizzato sul fatto che la scuola deve sviluppare negli alunni la capacità critica. Quando poi si cerca di definire che cosa sia il pensiero critico e come si manifesta nelle diverse fasi di sviluppo degli alunni, emergono differenze di opinioni. Il libro parte dai risultati delle ricerche che hanno fornito una base sperimentale alla definizione del costrutto, per cercare di rispondere poi a due domande chiave: in che modo la ricerca sulla formazione del pensiero critico si è sviluppata negli ultimi decenni? Come è possibile migliorare il potenziale di pensiero critico negli allievi della scuola primaria mediante le attività di lettura e di scrittura? Per sviluppare n…

Typical and Atypical Development of Visual Expertise for Print as Indexed by the Visual Word N1 (N170w) : A Systematic Review

2022

The visual word N1 (N170w) is an early brain ERP component that has been found to be a neurophysiological marker for print expertise, which is a prelexical requirement associated with reading development. To date, no other review has assimilated existing research on reading difficulties and atypical development of processes reflected in the N170w response. Hence, this systematic review synthesized results and evaluated neurophysiological and experimental procedures across different studies about visual print expertise in reading development. Literature databases were examined for relevant studies from 1995 to 2020 investigating the N170w response in individuals with or without reading disor…

Digital Reading Strategies for Improving Young Adolescents' Reading Comprehension in English Lessons

2021

Maģistra darbs ir izstrādāts Mācīšanas un Mācīšanās lietpratībai maģistra studiju programmas ietvaros ar mērķi izpētīt digitālās lasītprasmes stratēģiju un lietojumprogrammu īstenošanas procesu un ietekmi uz digitālo lasītprasmi angļu valodas stundās 7. klasē. Darba aktualitāte ir cieši saistīta ar izmaiņām izglītības procesā Latvijā saskaņā ar Izglītības attīstības pamatnostādnēm 2021. – 2027. gadam “Nākotnes prasmes nākotnes sabiedrībai”, kur izglītības attīstības galvenais mērķis aptver digitalizāciju. Tomēr, šajā pētījumā galvenā uzmanība pievērsta digitālās lasītprasmes lomai 7. klasē, analizējot digitālās lasītprasmes stratēģiju un lietojumprogrammu ieviešanu reālā laikā un vietā. Dar…

Dziecko ryzyka dysleksji w szkolnej rzeczywistości

2014

The Role of Family on Pathways to Acquiring Early Reading Skills In Lusaka’s Low-Income Communities

2014

This paper reports findings from the study that examined the role of family in children’s acquisition of early reading skills. We recruited 72 first-grade learners and their parents from low-income Zambian families for the study. In response to a home literacy questionnaire, parents reported on their reading attitudes and family literacy environment. Children’s early reading skills were assessed using two early reading tests (orthographic awareness and decoding competence), both conducted at two different points during the year. Regression analyses of pretest and gain scores revealed that parental reading attitude and family literacy environment significantly predicted early reading skills.…