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Children Learn to Read: How Visual Analysis and Mental Imagery Contribute to the Reading Performances at Different Stages of Reading Acquisition
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Commodari, Elena; Guarnera, Maria; Di Stefano, Andrea; Di Nuovo, Santo – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
Reading in alphabetic orthography requires analysis and recognition of specific attributes of visual stimuli, and generation, reactivation, and use of mental images of letters and words. This study evaluated the role of visual analysis and mental imagery in reading performances of students at different stages of reading acquisition. Reading…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Imagery, Elementary School Students, Intervention
Exploring Letters in a Bimodal, Bilingual Nursery School with Deaf and Hearing Children
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Kristoffersen, Ann-Elise; Simonsen, Eva – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
For young deaf children a co-enrolment setting with hearing children in nursery school is recognised as a useful provision for inclusive education. The aim of the study reported in this article was to gain knowledge about pathways into literacy for young deaf children in a co-enrolment setting. The questions raised in this article are: How are…
Descriptors: Deafness, Preschool Children, Inclusion, Literacy Education
Improvement of Working Memory in Preschoolers and Its Impact on Early Literacy Skills: A Study in Deprived Communities of Rural and Urban Areas
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Rojas-Barahona, Cristian A.; Förster, Carla E.; Moreno-Ríos, Sergio; McClelland, Megan M. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The present study evaluated the impact of a working memory (WM) stimulation program on the development of WM and early literacy skills (ELS) in preschoolers from socioeconomically deprived rural and urban schools in Chile. The sample consisted of 268 children, 144 in the intervention group and 124 in the comparison group. The…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Rural Areas
Mnemonic Strategy Instruction for Beginning Readers with Cognitive Impairments
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Burton, Rivka – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Many students with cognitive impairments are not afforded the opportunity to develop their potential as readers. A review of the literature reveals that few researchers have evaluated the effects of phonics instruction on the reading skills of students with cognitive impairments. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Alphabets, Teaching Methods