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Frye, Sheila K. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study examined how the interactive features of eBooks affect comprehension, the behaviors that participants engage in during the Read-to-Me and Read-and-Play reading modes, and the affordances and constraints of these reading modes. A repeated measures design was used to analyze the reading behaviors of 30 second grade, lower-level readers…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Books, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension
Koopman, Beverly Logas – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
The author, an elementary teacher, used an online message board and wikis to engage students in literature discussions and to deepen their understanding of and interest in the books they were reading. Her students were much more motivated to read and discuss books using the online tools.
Descriptors: Literature, Computer Mediated Communication, Web Sites, Social Networks
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Schieble, Melissa – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2012
This article presents a thread of discussion posted to a web-based forum in the context of a children's literature course in one teacher education program in the USA. Participants in the virtual discussion include three preservice elementary teachers and the course instructor (author) on the subject of bringing lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Educators, Methods Courses