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Download full textMinematsu, Tsubasa – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
In this study, we investigated which section of a page was difficult for students to read, based on eye movement data and subjective impressions of the page's difficulty, with the aim of helping teachers revise teaching materials. It is problematic to manually model relationships between eye movements and subjective impressions of the page's…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Difficulty Level, Reading Processes, Instructional Materials
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
Background: Mobile e-books together with Blackboard LMS and Elluminate were integrated and used as extensive reading activities, i.e., as a supplement to in-class reading instruction. The aim of the activity was to develop EFL struggling freshman student readers enhance their reading skills through short, simplified e-books. Materials and Methods:…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Electronic Publishing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkBaker, Fiona S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This study explores the expectations and early and subsequent realities of text-to-speech software for 24 nonnative-English-speaking college students who were experiencing reading difficulties in their freshman year of college. The study took place over two semesters in one academic year (from September to June) at a community college on the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Reading Difficulties, Diaries
Albashtawi, Abeer H.; Jaganathan, Paramaswari; Singh, Manjet – Higher Education Studies, 2016
This study aimed to investigate the linguistic knowledge aspect in academic reading, the challenges and the deployed strategies by English major undergraduates at a Jordanian institution of higher education. The importance of the study is attributed to the importance of the academic reading at university which is closely related to the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Tanners, Adam; McDougall, Dennis; Skouge, Jim; Narkon, Drue – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The purpose of this alternating treatment, single-case research study was to compare reading comprehension and time expended reading, of a doctoral student with learning disabilities, under two reading conditions. In condition one, the student used a self-discovered accommodation, that is, listening, on an iPod, to an audiobook version…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Textbooks, Learning Disabilities
Coleman, Mari Beth; Killdare, Laura K.; Bell, Sherry Mee; Carter, Amanda M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of text-to-speech software on reading fluency and comprehension for four postsecondary students with below average reading fluency and comprehension including three students diagnosed with learning disabilities and concomitant conditions (e.g., attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, seizure…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Computer Software, Korean
