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de Koning, Björn B.; Wassenburg, Stephanie I.; Ganushchak, Lesya Y.; Krijnen, Eke; van Steensel, Roel – First Language, 2020
The ability to deduce implicit information about relations in a text (i.e., inferencing) is essential to understanding that text. Hence, there is increasing attention for supporting inferencing skills among children in early literacy programs including shared book reading interventions. This study investigated whether embedding scripted…
Descriptors: Inferences, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Story Reading
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Janssen, Caressa; Segers, Eliane; McQueen, James M.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: The present study compared effects of explicit instruction on and practice with the phonological form of words (form-focused instruction) versus explicit instruction on and practice with the meaning of words (meaning-focused instruction). Instruction was given via interactive storybook reading in the kindergarten classroom of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Phonological Awareness, Semantics, Vocabulary Development
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van der Wilt, Femke; Boerma, Inouk; van Oers, Bert; van der Veen, Chiel – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
Language ability plays a major role in children's future development. In the present study, the effect of three interactive reading approaches on children's language ability was investigated through a pre-posttest design. Participants were N = 73 children (aged 4-6) from three early childhood education classrooms. Classrooms were assigned to one…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Vocabulary Development, Pretests Posttests, Child Development
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Ten Brug, Annet; Munde, Vera S.; van der Putten, Annette A.J.; Vlaskamp, Carla – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
Introduction: Multi-sensory storytelling (MSST) is a storytelling method designed for individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). It is essential that listeners be alert during MSST, so that they become familiar with their personalised stories. Repetition and the presentation of stimuli are likely to affect the…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Attention, Teaching Methods
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van Druten-Frietman, Loes; Strating, Heleen; Denessen, Eddie; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Early Intervention, 2016
A dialogic storybook-based intervention integrating dialogic storybook reading with early literacy activities is studied with a longitudinal quasi-experimental study design. The effects of this intervention, in addition to a regular early childhood education (ECE) program, on kindergartners' vocabulary and phonological awareness development are…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Kindergarten, Intervention, Books