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Direct linkSchwarz, Amy Louise; van Kleeck, Anne; Beaton, Derek; Horne, Erin; MacKenzie, Heather; Abdi, Hervé – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: Many well-accepted systems for determining difficulty level exist for books children read independently, but few are available for determining the wide range of difficulty levels of storybooks read aloud to preschoolers. Also, the available tools list book characteristics only on the basis of parents' or authors' opinions. We created an…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Books, Oral Reading, Preschool Children
Aram, Dorit; Bergman Deitcher, Deborah; Adar, Gali – Reading Horizons, 2017
Experts in children's literature and child development value complexity in the language, socio-emotional content, and structure of books, yet little is known regarding parents' attitudes towards these aspects. The study thus examined how parents' gender, education, and profession, children's age and gender, and frequency of parent-child reading…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Books, Age Differences
Topping, Keith J. – Reading Psychology, 2015
Are the books preferred and most enjoyed by children harder than other books they read? Are non-fiction books read and understood at the same level of difficulty as fiction books? The Accelerated Reader software offers computerized comprehension quizzes of real books individually chosen by children, giving children (and teachers, librarians, and…
Descriptors: Fiction, Nonfiction, Reading Material Selection, Childrens Literature
Jennifer P. Cheatham; Jill H. Allor; J. Kyle Roberts – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
This study examined the impact of independent practice of multiple-criteria text that targeted high-frequency words, decodability, and meaningfulness. Second-grade students, including at-risk students, were randomly assigned within classroom to a treatment group that read multiple-criteria text ("n" = 34), or contrast group that read…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Reading Skills, Drills (Practice)
Download full textLandt, Susan M. – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2013
Boys need books with which they can connect, books that reach out to them with characters that reflect themselves, books that feature people who speak and look and act like the people in their lives. Among the functions of literature in children's lives, two are particularly relevant: facilitating literacy skills and providing role models. The…
Descriptors: Multicultural Textbooks, Books, Males, Literary Devices
Peer reviewedStewart, David A.; And Others – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1992
A "Signability Index" is presented for sign language interpretation of children's books. The index is based on such variables as reading rate, sentence length, quantity of text used to express thoughts, word imagery, and complexity and concreteness of passages. Suggested books for classroom reading are listed, categorized by six levels of…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Deaf Interpreting
Smallwood, Betty Ansin – 1988
It is argued that despite a common assumption to the contrary, there is children's literature appropriate to students of English as a Second Language (ESL) aged 9-14. First, the unique needs and characteristics of the target population are examined. This population consists of limited-English-proficient speakers, usually immigrants or refugees…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Childrens Literature, Dialogs (Language)
