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Flack, Zoe M.; Field, Andy P.; Horst, Jessica S. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Although an abundant literature documents preliterate children's word learning success from shared storybook reading, a full synthesis of the factors which moderate these word learning effects has been largely neglected. This meta-analysis included 38 studies with 2,455 children, reflecting 110 effect sizes, investigating how reading styles, story…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Effect Size, Story Reading, Meta Analysis
Langer, Judith A., Ed.; Smith-Burke, M. Trika, Ed. – 1982
The 10 articles in this book examine how comprehension is affected by what the reader brings to the text, the manner in which the text is structured by the author, and the contextual variables that shape the meaning derived by the reader. Specific topics covered in the articles are (1) background knowledge and comprehension, (2) learning how to…
Descriptors: Child Language, Dialects, Discourse Analysis, Language Processing