Search results for "Reading"

Using Talking Books to Support Early Reading Development

2009

This chapter explores the question of how interactive multimedia talking books can promote young children’s literacy development. Whilst commercially available talking books can motivate young children to read, there is little evidence that they are linked to the development of skills known to promote reading itself. The ‘Bangers and Mash’ talking books (Chera, 2000), were designed to address this issue, and we review studies that evaluated their effectiveness as classroom resources that could promote reading-related skills and abilities. We then consider the various barriers to collaborative learning in Early Years classrooms, and describe how resources like talking books could address som…

Rapid automatized naming and learning disabilities : does RAN have a specific connection to reading or not : a replication

2006

The aim of this study was to replicate the study of Waber, Wolff, Forbes, and Weiler (2000), in which the specificity of naming speed deficits (NSD) to reading disability (RD) was examined. 193 children (ages 8 to 11) referred to a child neuropsychological clinic for evaluation of learning disabilities were studied. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) was used to determine how well rapid automatized naming (RAN) discriminated different diagnostic groups (learning impaired (LI) with and without RD) from control and from each other. The conclusion of Waber’s et al. study was that RAN was an excellent tool for detecting risk for learning disabilities in general but was not especially effec…

Testing the Reading Ability of Low Educated ESOL Learners

2013

Current national policy requires all further education courses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to be accredited, including those in English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL). However, there are issues surrounding this policy, particularly for learners at the lowest level, who bring with them a very wide spectrum of prior language and/or literacy knowledge. Some have little or no experience of literacy in any language and poor English language skills. A major barrier to assessment of beginner readers seems to be the examination process itself. This article summarises an on-going research project into the reasons for wrong answers given by low educated adult ESOL learners in readi…

5 – 7 gadīgu bērnu lasīt-rakstīt apguves veicināšana pedagoģiskajā procesā pirmsskolā

2021

Bakalaura darba temats ir ”5 – 7 gadīgu bērnu lasīt-rakstīt apguves veicināšana pedagoģiskajā procesā pirmsskolā.” Darba autore - Lelde Žīgure. Pētījuma mērķis: teorētiski un praktiski izzināt metodes un paņēmienus 5 – 7 gadīgu bērnu lasīt-rakstīt prasmju apguves sekmēšanā. Pētījumā izvirzītais uzdevums raksturo mērķa sasniegšanas un hipotēzes pārbaudes procesu. Hipotētiski tiek pieņemts, ka bērna netiešā un tiešā lasīt-rakstīt prasme ir saistīta ar bērna iespējām izvēlēties sev nozīmīgu darbību no piedāvātiem rotaļnodarbības paņēmieniem un pašizteikšanās radošā pedagoģiskajā vidē. Bakalaura darbu veido ievads, divas galvenās nodaļas ar apakšnodaļām, ieteikumi un secinājumi par teorētiskās …

Associations between teacher quality, instructional quality and student reading outcomes in Nordic PIRLS 2016 data

2022

AbstractProgress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) focuses on the reading proficiency of students mostly in the fourth year of schooling. A wide selection of studies has shown that family background and early literacy activities at home have substantial associations with student achievement in reading literacy. However, research focusing on teacher qualities and teaching processes is inadequate. In this study, we focus on associations of teacher quality (formal qualifications and professional identity) and instructional quality (classroom management, cognitive activation and teacher support) with cognitive and affective-motivational student outcomes (variables Reading Achievem…

Metacognizione e comprensione della lettura: quale rapporto?

2019

Una lettura competente implica l’utilizzo di specifiche strategie meta-cognitive e molteplici livelli di elaborazione delle informazioni che, se impiegate in modo consapevole, migliorano la comprensione. In que-sto lavoro si presenta un approfondimento sulla relazione tra metaco-gnizione, thinking aloud e comprensione della lettura, che si colloca all’interno alla ricerca nazionale RC-RT descritta in questo stesso vo-lume e volta a verificare l’efficacia del Reciprocal Teaching nel contesto italiano. Dopo aver presentato alcune ricerche svolte su allievi di età diverse finalizzati ad evidenziare il rapporto tra la comprensione della lettura e le abilità di secondo livello, raggruppate sotto…

Il ruolo della comprensione del testo nel processo di matematizzazione e modellizzazione

2017

In questo articolo vengono analizzate le risposte fornite a un interessante item relativo alla Prova standardizzata di matematica somministrata nel maggio 2015 a tutti gli allievi di quinta elementare del Canton Ticino. A partire dai risultati statistici emersi da un campione di 508 protocolli selezionati, viene presentata un’analisi qualitativa effettuata su un campione più ristretto di 174 studenti di prima media, allo scopo di rintracciare le cause delle difficoltà emerse nella risoluzione. Da questa analisi si rileva come le risposte sbagliate di diversi studenti siano legate a difficoltà nella comprensione del testo dell’item, in particolare a difficoltà di interpretazione linguistica.…

Reading development of late talking toddlers with and without familial risk for dyslexia : a follow up study from age 2 to 15

2015

Expressive language delay is one of the most frequent concerns for parents and health care providers, and it is also one of the most common reasons that young children are referred for evaluation. In the present study, it was examined whether late-talkers with and without familial risk for dyslexia have weaker reading fluency and comprehension at school age (grades 2, 3, 8 and 9) than typically developing, agematched children. The sample of the study was 200 Finnish-speaking children, who were divided into 5 subgroups: 1) Risk Group with no Delay, 2) Risk Group with Expressive Language Delay, 3) Risk Group with Expressive and Receptive Language Delay, 4) Control Group with Expressive Langua…

Home literacy environment and inside-out emergent literacy skills of children with differing familial risk of dyslexia

2001

Correlates of Orthographic Learning in Swedish Children With Cochlear Implants

2019

This study set out to explore the cognitive and linguistic correlates of orthographic learning in a group of 32 deaf and hard of hearing children with cochlear implants, to better understand the factors that affect the development of fluent reading in these children. To date, the research about the mechanisms of reading fluency and orthographic learning in this population is scarce. The children were between 6:0 and 10:11 years of age and used oral language as their primary mode of communication. They were assessed on orthographic learning, reading fluency and a range of cognitive and linguistic skills including working memory measures, word retrieval and paired associate learning. The resu…