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Conley, Mark W.; Wise, Antoinette – Theory Into Practice, 2011
Researchers, policymakers, and educators face a daunting task these days concerning literacy education for the here and now and literacy for the future. Even though one clings to the romantic notion that education provides the building blocks in a straight line to a meaningful future, the reality is that mixed goals and instructional messages…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technological Advancement, Educational Change, Literacy Education
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Kendeou, Panayiota; Bohn-Gettler, Catherine; White, Mary Jane; van den Broek, Paul – Journal of Research in Reading, 2008
In the present study, we investigated the degree to which children's inference generation ability generalises across different media and predicts narrative comprehension over and above basic language skills and vocabulary. To address both aims, we followed two cohorts of children aged 4 and 6 as they turned 6 and 8 years old, respectively. At each…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Skills, Inferences, Children
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Johnson, Martin; Nadas, Rita – Learning, Media and Technology, 2009
Within large scale educational assessment agencies in the UK, there has been a shift towards assessors marking digitally scanned copies rather than the original paper scripts that were traditionally used. This project uses extended essay examination scripts to consider whether the mode in which an essay is read potentially influences the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Educational Assessment, Internet, Essay Tests