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Voogt, Joke; McKenney, Susan – Computers in the Schools, 2008
This study examines how technology can support the development of emergent reading and writing skills in four- to five-year-old children. The research was conducted with PictoPal, an intervention which features a software package that uses images and text in three main activity areas: reading, writing, and authentic applications. This article…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Technology, Writing Skills, Communication Skills
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Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda – Computers in the Schools, 2008
Data gathered from 25 rural public school districts in Texas during 2002-2003 were used to assess the impact of educator professional development and technology-intensive classroom learning activities on first- and second-grade students' reading achievement. Students from 18 school districts received the treatment while students from 7 randomly…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, School Districts, Effect Size
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Liaw, Meei-Ling – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Describes an exploratory study that attempted to discover the patterns of linguistic interaction of second language learners in a computerized literary reading environment and the implication of using computer books in an ESL (English-as-a-Second-Language) elementary school classroom. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education