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Shahar Dotan; Tami Katzir – Journal of Research in Reading, 2024
Background: "Screen inferiority" refers to a well-established phenomenon observed among adults and teenagers, wherein they demonstrate higher reading comprehension when reading from paper compared to screens. However, there is limited research focusing on readers in the initial stages of reading development. The current study aims to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3, Hebrew
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Kotaman, Hüseyin; Balci, Asli – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine impact of non-realistic and realistic storybooks on kindergarteners' storybook listening comprehension. One hundred and three kindergarteners ranging in age from 49 to 71 months, with a mean age of 62.08 months (SD = 4.97) from three public kindergartens participated in the study. Participants listened to…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Kindergarten, Listening Comprehension, Recall (Psychology)
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Kuhn, Karen E.; Rausch, Casey M.; McCarty, Tiffany G.; Montgomery, Sarah E.; Rule, Audrey C. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
Many primary grade students are not afforded nonfiction-rich opportunities, with fiction comprising the majority of books read aloud in classrooms. With the Common Core Standards recommending that half of the texts made available to students be nonfiction, educators are increasing their use of informational text. The present study explored the…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills
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Long, Deanna; Szabo, Susan – Cogent Education, 2016
This quasi-experimental mixed methods study examined the use of e-readers during guided reading instruction and its impact on 5th grade students' reading motivation, attitude toward reading, and reading comprehension. For 10 weeks, 19 students received guided reading instruction by means of the traditional paper/text format, while 16 students…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning