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Salmerón, Ladislao; Vargas, Cristina; Delgado, Pablo; Baron, Naomi – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Concerns about the negative effects of digitalization on students' reading comprehension, empirically backed by recent meta-analyses, question the efficacy of digital tools in the language arts classroom. By analyzing data from 4 and 8th grade US students from NAEP 2017, we aimed to test the generalization of the negative association between…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Lin, Po-Han; Liu, Tzu-Chien; Paas, Fred – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Computer-based spell checkers help to correct misspells instantly. Almost all the word processing devices are now equipped with a spell-check function that either automatically corrects errors or provides a list of intended words. However, it is not clear on how the reliance on this convenient technological solution affects spelling learning.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Spelling, Word Processing
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Neuman, Susan B.; Wong, Kevin M.; Kaefer, Tanya – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of digital and non-digital storybooks on low-income preschoolers' oral language comprehension. Employing a within-subject design on 38 four-year-olds from a Head Start program, we compared the effect of medium on preschoolers' target words and comprehension of stories. Four digital…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Statistical Analysis, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth
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Andresen, Anette; Anmarkrud, Øistein; Bråten, Ivar – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
Learning from different representations, such as text and pictures, is supposed to be more effective than learning from text alone. However, there is very limited research on potential differences between students with and without dyslexia with respect to learning from different representations. This study compared students with and without…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Grade 10, Internet, Educational Technology
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Wijekumar, Kausalai; Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Lei, Puiwa; Hernandez, Anita C.; August, Diane L. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Reading and comprehending content area texts is important for academic and professional success as well as life skills necessary to maintain good health and quality lifestyle. Spanish speaking English language learners have shown poor performance on high-stakes assessments in reading comprehension. The number of Spanish speaking English learners…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners
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Graham, Steve; Capizzi, Andrea; Harris, Karen R.; Hebert, Michael; Morphy, Paul – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
A random sample of language arts, social studies, and science middle school teachers from the United States were surveyed about their preparation to teach writing, beliefs about responsibilities for teaching writing, use of evidence-based writing practices, assessment of writing, use of technology, and adaptations for struggling writers. The…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Teacher Surveys